09:21 AM EDT, 03/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were gaining pre-bell Wednesday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLF ) recently up by 0.2%.

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

Guild Holdings ( GHLD ) was down more than 7% after it reported a winder Q4 net loss that missed expectations as revenue declined during the period.

Brown & Brown ( BRO ) and DealerMax said Wednesday that Brown & Brown Dealer Services has acquired the assets of DealerMax. Brown & Brown ( BRO ) was more than 1% lower pre-bell