03:27 PM EDT, 06/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing in late Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 0.6% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) increasing 0.2%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was adding 0.7%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) was up 0.3%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was dropping 5.9% to $67,131, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries decreased 2 basis points to 4.455%.

In corporate news, Carlyle (CG) is close to an agreement to sell Flender, a maker of mechanical and electrical drive technology, to European buyout firm Triton Partners for about 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion), Bloomberg reported. Carlyle shares were down 0.4%.