09:16 AM EST, 11/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were edging higher pre-bell Friday, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) advancing by 0.3% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) up 0.7%.

The Italian Competition Authority said it has closed its investigation into Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) subsidiary Google's ( GOOG ) linking of user activity across its services after receiving commitments by the company to provide user consent. Shares of Alphabet were up more than 2% premarket.

Intuit (INTU) stock was up more than 4% after the company posted higher fiscal Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue.

Elastic's (ESTC) shares were down 12% despite the company reporting higher fiscal Q2 non-GAAP earnings and revenue, and raising its fiscal 2026 outlook.