Sector Update: Financial

Financial stocks were edging higher premarket Thursday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) recently up 0.1%.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) were 0.2% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) were unchanged.

Toronto-Dominion Bank TD advanced by nearly 2% after it reported higher fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings and revenue.