01:50 PM EDT, 05/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher Thursday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) increasing 0.3% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 1.9%.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor index was up 0.4%.

In corporate news, IBM ( IBM ) , GlobalFoundries ( GFS ) and D-Wave Quantum ( QBTS ) said they are set to receive billions of dollars in US government backing as part of an effort by the Trump administration to solidify the nation's lead in quantum computing. IBM ( IBM ) shares jumped past 8%, GlobalFoundries ( GFS ) surged 13%, and D-Wave soared 28%.

Nvidia ( NVDA ) reported fiscal Q1 revenue above Wall Street's estimates as data center sales outperformed expectations amid an AI boom. Its shares still declined 1.6%.

SpaceX (SPCX) filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday for an initial public offering. Separately, SpaceX entered into cloud-computing agreements to provide Amazon ( AMZN )-backed (AMZN) Anthropic access to its server infrastructure, SpaceX said in a regulatory filing. Amazon ( AMZN ) shares rose 1.6%.