08:55 AM EDT, 10/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were higher premarket Friday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) advanced by 0.3% 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 almost 1% lower.

Aon (AON) shares were up over 3% after the company reported higher Q3 adjusted earnings and revenue compared with a year earlier.