01:51 PM EDT, 03/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were mixed Tuesday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rising 0.5% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) down 0.3%.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor index increased 0.2%.

In corporate news, Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google said Tuesday it is expanding its "Personal Intelligence" capabilities in the US across AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app and Gemini in Chrome, aiming to deliver more personalized responses by connecting data from users' Google apps. Separately, Google is in talks with Envicool and other companies in China to buy liquid cooling equipment for data centers, Reuters reported. Alphabet shares rose 0.8%.