08:11 AM EDT, 03/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were gaining pre-bell Thursday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) was 0.1% higher recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 1.1% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 0.7%.

Robinhood Markets ( HOOD ) was up more than 12% after the company said that assets in custody were $118.7 billion in February, gaining 16% from January and increasing 59% from a year earlier.