-- Tech stocks were mixed Monday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) decreasing 0.2% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) rising 1.2%.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor index shed 0.2%.
In corporate news, Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google has built a strike team of engineers and researchers to enhance its AI coding models, The Information reported. Alphabet shares were down nearly 1%.