08:55 AM EDT, 07/09/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were up in Tuesday's premarket hours with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) recently advancing by 0.2%.

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

An employee of MUFG Bank, a unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ( MUFG ) , is being investigated for allegedly leaking tender offer details and other information about the bank's client companies to family members, Japanese media reported. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ( MUFG ) was nearly 2% lower pre-bell.