03:26 PM EDT, 09/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks rose Thursday afternoon with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) climbing 1.8% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) jumping 4.1%.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 3.7%.

In corporate news, Alphabet (GOOG) shares gained 0.9% after Google ( GOOG ) said it's adding its Gemini AI model to the Chrome browser.