09:05 AM EDT, 09/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher premarket Monday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) advancing by 0.4%.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 1.2% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was inactive.

KKR (KKR) shares were 1% higher after the company said it's making a "growth investment" in Infobric, a construction software company in the Nordics and the UK, primarily through its Global Impact Fund II. Separately, KKR's acquisition of sole control of the UK's Spectris has been approved by the European Commission, the authority said.