08:13 AM EDT, 05/06/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were gaining premarket Monday, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.3% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) unchanged.

Perficient (PRFT) shares soared 53% after the company said that it agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of BPEA Private Equity Fund VIII, part of EQT AB, in an all-cash transaction that values the company at about $3 billion.