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Sector Update: Financial
Aug 5, 2025 10:19 AM

01:10 PM EDT, 08/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were decreasing in Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) each shedding 0.3%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was climbing 1.6%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) added 0.4%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was declining 1.9% to $113,134, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries was slightly higher at 4.20%.

In economic news, the Institute for Supply Management's US Services index fell to a reading of 50.1 in July from 50.8 in June, below expectations for an increase to 51.5 in a survey compiled by Bloomberg.

In corporate news, Shift4 Payments' ( FOUR ) shares fell 16% after it reported weaker-than-expected Q2 earnings and announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Nancy Disman.

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