08:45 AM EDT, 09/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were mixed premarket Friday as the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) was up 0.2% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) was 0.2% lower recently.

IonQ ( IONQ ) shares advanced by more than 12% after the company said it signed a $54.5 million contract with the US Air Force Research Lab to design and develop technology and hardware that enables quantum systems' scaling, networking and deployability.