09:17 AM EDT, 03/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher pre-bell Thursday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLF ) was was up 0.1% recently.

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

B. Riley Financial ( RILY ) gained more than 6% after saying it secured an extension of the time required to deliver its 2023 audited financial statements to the administrative agent of its lenders.

JPMorgan ( JPM ) has appointed Rita Chan and Alan Ho as co-senior country officers for China, starting April 1, Reuters reported, citing an internal memo. JPMorgan ( JPM ) was down 0.2% in recent premarket activity.