01:45 PM EDT, 03/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were mixed in Friday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index little changed, erasing earlier gains, and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) down 0.1%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index climbed 0.9% and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) dropped 0.4%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) fell 4.5% to $68,128, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries rose 1 basis point to 4.31%.

In economic news, the University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment index slipped to 76.5 in March from 76.9 in February, versus expectations for 77.1 in a survey compiled by Bloomberg.

US industrial production rose 0.1% in February, compared with expectations for a flat reading in a survey compiled by Bloomberg and following a downwardly revised 0.5% decrease in January.

In corporate news, Zillow ( ZG ) shares tumbled 15%, Compass (COMP) dropped 11% and Redfin (RDFN) fell 5.7% after the National Association of Realtors agreed to pay $418 million to settle claims brought on behalf of home sellers related to broker commissions.

Marathon Digital ( MARA ) agreed to buy Applied Digital's ( APLD ) 200-megawatt bitcoin mining data center in Garden City, Texas, for a net purchase price of $87.3 million or about $437,000 per megawatt, the companies said Friday. Marathon shares rose 3.8%, and Applied Digital ( APLD ) gained 5.2%.

Bank of America ( BAC ) has placed new leadership at the helm of its capital markets business, media outlets reported Thursday, citing internal documents. Its shares rose 0.1%.