09:23 AM EDT, 07/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were rising premarket Friday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) recently advancing by 0.2%.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ( FAS ) was 0.7% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ( FAZ ) was down 0.6%.

Charles Schwab ( SCHW ) shares were up more than 4% after the company reported higher Q2 adjusted earnings and net revenue.

Interactive Brokers ( IBKR ) shares were up nearly 7% after the company reported higher Q2 adjusted earnings and net revenue.

Regions Financial ( RF ) shares were up more than 4% after the company reported higher Q2 adjusted earnings and revenue.