09:01 AM EDT, 04/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks advanced pre-bell Monday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) 0.1% higher recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.3% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.4% lower.

BankUnited ( BKU ) shares were up by nearly 5% after the company reported higher Q1 earnings and revenue.