09:00 AM EDT, 07/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were rising pre-bell Friday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) was up 0.2% recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 0.5% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 0.5%.

Aon (AON) shares were up more than 3% after the company posted higher Q2 adjusted earnings and revenue.