08:49 AM EDT, 10/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were advancing premarket Wednesday with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.2% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) almost 2% higher recently.

Versus Systems ( VS ) shares surged past 239% after the company said it has entered a $2.5 million funding agreement and a technology licensing deal with Aspis Cyber Technologies.