03:30 PM EDT, 09/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks rose in late Tuesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index up 0.1% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) adding 0.3%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index climbed 0.5%, while the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) fell 1%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) jumped 4% to $60,658, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries rose 2.3 basis points to 3.644%.

In economic news, US retail sales gained 0.1% in August, compared with the 0.2% decline anticipated in a survey compiled by Bloomberg and the previous month's 1.1% increase.

In corporate news, Accenture ( ACN ) is changing its appraisal timing structure to mid-year from year-end in a bid to align staffing with "better visibility" of client spending. The shares fell 4.7%.