03:39 PM EDT, 03/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks gained late Tuesday afternoon with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) rising 1.9% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 0.4%.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 1.6%.

In corporate news, Alphabet's (GOOG) Google ( GOOG ) said Tuesday in a blog that it is rolling out restrictions on types of election-related queries that its generative AI product Gemini will return responses. Its shares advanced 0.7%.