09:01 AM EDT, 09/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing premarket Friday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.2%.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 0.4% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 0.5%.

Lloyds Banking ( LYG ) is selling a significant risk transfer linked to around 500 million British pounds ($682.3 million) of commercial real estate loans, Bloomberg reported, according to people familiar with the matter. Shares of Lloyds Banking Group ( LYG ) were down more than 2% pre-bell.