09:16 AM EDT, 03/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks advanced premarket Thursday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.2% recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ( FAS ) was up 0.5% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ( FAZ ) was 0.6% lower.

First Financial Northwest ( FFNW ) shares rose past 17% after the company said the National Credit Union Administration approved the sale of its First Financial Northwest Bank subsidiary to Global Federal Credit Union.

Futu Holdings ( FUTU ) reported higher Q4 earnings and revenue. Its shares were down 0.3%.

Deutsche Bank ( DB ) said it expects revenue to rise across all four core divisions in 2025 to 32 billion euros ($34.78 billion), after booking a 4% increase to 30.1 billion euros last year. Deutsche Bank ( DB ) shares were down 1% pre-bell.