09:01 AM EDT, 04/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing pre-bell Tuesday, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) up 0.2%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 0.5% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 0.6%. MSCI ( MSCI ) shares were up more than 3%...

09:06 AM EDT, 04/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was up 0.2% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) advanced 0.3% in Tuesday's premarket activity, amid a second round of talks between the US and Iran. US stock futures were also higher, with S&P 500 Index futures up...

09:09 AM EDT, 04/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were advancing pre-bell Tuesday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.3% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ( XSD ) 2% higher. CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) shares were up more than 1% after the company said it has expanded its go-to-market strategy across Japan...

09:05 AM EDT, 04/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were edging higher premarket Tuesday, with the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) advancing by 0.2%. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was up 0.3% and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was 0.4% higher. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was 0.2% lower at $89.40 per...