09:02 AM EDT, 08/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were leaning lower pre-bell Tuesday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) down 0.1% recently.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) offloaded almost 14 million Bank of America ( BAC ) shares for around $550 million, a regulatory filing showed. Bank of America ( BAC ) shares fell by over 1% premarket.