09:08 AM EDT, 05/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were steady pre-bell Tuesday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) was flat recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 0.6% lower and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was up 0.8%.

Futu Holdings ( FUTU ) shares were up over 2% after the company reported a higher Q1 revenue of 2.59 billion Hong Kong dollars ($330 million), from HK$2.50 billion a year earlier.