Financial stocks were narrowly mixed in afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index higher fractionally higher while the SPDR Financial Select Sector ETF was off 0.1%.
The Philadelphia Housing Index also was falling 0.4% and the SPDR Real Estate Select Sector ETF was down 0.3%.
In company news, PJT Partners (PJT) fell 5.5% following a Wolfe Research downgrade of the investment banking firm to peer perform from outperform.