01:34 PM EDT, 03/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher Tuesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) rising 0.1% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) up 0.3%.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor index was fractionally higher.

In corporate news, shipments of Apple's ( AAPL ) iPhone in China fell about 33% in February from a year earlier, Bloomberg reported, citing data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. Apple ( AAPL ) shares were steady.