Sector Update: Tech

03:27 PM EDT, 09/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher late Thursday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rising 2.3% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 4.1%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index advanced 3.1%. In corporate news, SpaceX (SPCX) has had internal talks about purchasing operational and customer data from troubled or defunct startups to help improve its AI models, Bloomberg reported. SpaceX shares rose 2.9%.