09:09 AM EST, 11/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were declining premarket Monday, with the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) 0.6% lower and The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.7%.

Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) (BRK.A, BRK.B) disclosed in a Friday regulatory filing a $4.30 billion stake in Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL). Shares of Alphabet were up more than 3% pre-bell.

Apple ( AAPL ) lost a trial on Friday over whether it violated Masimo's ( MASI ) patents in some of its Apple Watch models and was ordered to pay $634 million in damages, news outlets reported. Apple ( AAPL ) stock was down more than 1% premarket.

WeRide ( WRD ) shares were up more than 3% after the company said it was granted a permit to conduct fully driverless Robotaxi commercial operations in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.