08:59 AM EDT, 08/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher pre-bell Monday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.1% recently.
B. Riley Financial ( RILY ) shares were down more than 8% after saying its Chair and Co-Chief Executive Bryant Riley has made an unsolicited proposal to take the company private for $7 per share.