09:00 AM EDT, 03/20/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were leaning lower premarket Friday, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) declining by 0.1%.

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

JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) is leading the offering of $4.1 billion in dollar-denominated loans to help finance Clayton Dubilier & Rice's acquisition of packaging firm Sealed Air ( SEE ) , Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) were 0.5% lower pre-bell.