08:56 AM EDT, 10/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were steady premarket Thursday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) recently unchanged.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was down 0.2% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.1% higher.

ING Groep ( ING ) shares were up 2% after the company reported higher Q3 earnings and revenue.