Financial stocks were advancing in Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index increasing 0.2% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) ahead 0.4%.
The Philadelphia Housing Index added 0.4%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) climbed up 1.5%.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was falling 2.5% to $62,361, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries was decreasing 3 basis points to 4.479%.
In corporate news, Apollo Global Management (APO) has restricted investor redemptions for its private credit fund Apollo Debt Solutions following a surge in share repurchase requests from stakeholders. Apollo shares were down 2.9%.