Sector Update: Financial

09:05 AM EDT, 09/22/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher premarket Tuesday, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) advancing by 0.3%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.4% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.4% lower. Tradeweb Markets (TW) shares were up more than 5% after the company said it upgraded its Ai-Price bond pricing engine with "expanded data inputs" and "more real-time, intraday-responsive pricing" for US corporate bonds.