12:07 PM EDT, 07/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher Thursday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) rising 1.5% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 1.4%.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor index was up 0.8%.

In corporate news, Datadog ( DDOG ) shares jumped past 13% following announcement that the software company will be joining the S&P 500 next week.