08:59 AM EDT, 03/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing pre-bell Monday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) 0.5% higher recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.8%, and bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 1.1% lower.

AlTi Global ( ALTI ) was down more than 8% after it reported a Q4 net loss of $0.87 per diluted share on revenue of $91.7 million.