08:59 AM EDT, 04/29/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing premarket Wednesday, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) up 0.2%.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 0.2% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 0.3%.

UBS Group ( UBS ) shares were up more than 4% after the company posted higher Q1 earnings and revenue.