08:59 AM EST, 03/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were gaining pre-bell Thursday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) 0.3% higher recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 1% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.9% lower.

Hamilton Insurance Group's ( HG ) was up more than 9% after the company reported a swing to Q4 net income as revenue almost doubled during the period.