Financial stocks were leaning lower pre-bell Tuesday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) declining by 0.7%.
The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 2.1% lower and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was up 1.9%.
Blackstone (BX) plans a debt sale of as much as 500 million British pounds ($668.5 million) tied to UK warehouses, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Blackstone shares were down more than 1% premarket.