08:55 AM EDT, 09/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing pre-bell Friday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) 0.3% higher recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.9% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.6% lower.

Prudential (PUK) shares were up more than 3% after the company announced a long-term strategic bancassurance partnership with Bank Syariah Indonesia.