09:22 AM EDT, 10/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing premarket Wednesday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) 0.2% higher.

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

Marex Group ( MRX ) shares were up more than 3% after the company said it expects Q3 adjusted earnings in a range of $0.92 to $0.97 per diluted share.

JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) shares were 0.3% higher after the company said it will invest between 300 million British pounds ($402.6 million) and 350 million pounds to modernize and expand its Bournemouth campus in the UK.

UBS Group ( UBS ) has shelved a planned risk transfer deal tied to about 2 billion francs ($2.5 billion) of loans, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. UBS Group ( UBS ) shares were up 0.4% pre-bell.