09:18 AM EDT, 04/28/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were mostly lower pre-bell Tuesday, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) declining by 0.4%.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) rose 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.

Hut 8 ( HUT ) shares were down more than 3% pre-bell, a day after the company said it priced a $3.25 billion private offering of 6.192% senior secured notes due 2042.

LendingClub ( LC ) stock was up more than 11% pre-bell after the company reported higher Q1 earnings and revenue.