08:36 AM EST, 12/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher pre-bell Tuesday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.2% recently.

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

HomeStreet ( HMST ) said its HomeStreet Bank unit closed the sale of $990 million of multi-family commercial real estate loans on a servicing retained basis. HomeStreet ( HMST ) shares were over 1% lower premarket.