09:01 AM EDT, 05/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing pre-bell Thursday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) was up 0.1% 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 0.2% lower.

Futu Holdings ( FUTU ) shares were advancing by more than 6% after the company reported higher Q1 earnings and revenue.