09:01 AM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher premarket Thursday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) was up 0.7% recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 1.5% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 2%.

Brookfield (BN) shares were up 0.2% after the company reported lower Q2 distributable earnings and revenue.