09:24 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were declining premarket Thursday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) was down 0.5% recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ( FAS ) was 1.4% lower and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ( FAZ ) was up 1.4%.

KKR (KKR) shares were up 0.5% after the company posted higher Q2 adjusted net income and revenue.

S&P Global ( SPGI ) shares were up more than 1% after the company reported higher Q2 adjusted earnings and revenue.

Blue Owl Capital (OWL) stock was up more than 2% after the company reported higher Q2 distributable earnings and revenue.