09:15 AM EDT, 08/26/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were leaning lower pre-bell Tuesday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) declining by 0.1%.

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

Interactive Brokers Group ( IBKR ) will replace Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ) in the S&P 500, effective prior to the opening of trading Thursday. Shares of Interactive Brokers Group ( IBKR ) were up nearly 3% premarket.

Bank of Nova Scotia ( BNS ) stock was up more than 1% after the company reported higher fiscal Q3 adjusted earnings and total revenue.

HSBC Holdings ( HSBC ) has been reprimanded and fined HK$4.2 million ($538,414) by the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong for breaching disclosure requirements in research reports on Hong Kong-listed securities over an eight-year period, the regulator said. Shares of HSBC Holdings ( HSBC ) were 0.3% lower premarket.