08:53 AM EST, 01/07/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were leaning lower premarket Wednesday, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) marginally declining.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was slightly higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was up 0.1%.

KKR (KKR) said it is committing to investing an additional $1.5 billion in Global Technical Realty, a European data center platform. Shares of KKR were down 0.7% pre-bell.