08:51 AM EDT, 04/28/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were higher pre-bell Tuesday, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) rising by 0.5%.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) gained by 1.1%, and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 1.1% lower.

Barclays ( BCS ) shares were down more than 2% in premarket activity after Bloomberg reported the bank had reserved 228 million British pounds ($307.9 million) in Q1 to cover the collapse of specialty lender MFS.