-- Tech stocks were higher Monday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rising 1.4% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 2.2%.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor index increased 0.8%.
In corporate news, Microsoft (MSFT) is developing new features for Copilot it hopes will make the AI assistant function more like OpenClaw, The Information reported. Microsoft shares were up 2.8%.