09:08 AM EDT, 07/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were advancing premarket Friday with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLK ) up 1.4% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ( XSD ) 1.8% higher recently.

Ultra Clean Holdings ( UCTT ) shares rose past 17% after it reported higher fiscal Q2 non-GAAP earnings and revenue.

CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) shares were up nearly 3% after saying over 97% of Windows sensors were back online as of Thursday, a week after the firm issued a routine update containing a bug that triggered a global IT outage.

Karooooo ( KARO ) shares advanced by more than 9% after Friday Chief Executive Isaias Jose Calisto terminated the secondary public offering of ordinary shares, first announced on July 24.