-- Tech stocks advanced Tuesday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) up 0.2% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 1.5%.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor index increased 0.4%.
In corporate news, Apple (AAPL) announced that Tim Cook will step down as chief executive of the iPhone maker and become executive chairman, with hardware engineering veteran John Ternus set to succeed him as CEO. Apple shares were down 2.5%.
Tata Investment (NSE:TATAINVEST, BOM:501301) consolidated attributable profit increased sharply to 638.3 million Indian rupees in the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31 from 377.2 billion rupees a year ago.Earnings per share jumped to 1.26 rupees from 0.75 rupees a year earlier, according to a Tuesday filing to the Indian stock exchanges by the non-banking financial company.Total revenue from operations in fiscal Q4 also increased to 399.8 million rupees from 164.3 million rupees a year ago.The company also declared a dividend of 3.40 rupees per share, subject to shareholder approval.The company's shares were up over 1% in recent trade.
Chevron (CVX) has an average rating of overweight and mean price target of $211.17, according to analysts polled by FactSet.(covers equity, commodity and economic research from major banks and research firms in North America, Asia and Europe. Research providers may contact us here: https://www..com/contact-us)
Airbnb (ABNB) has an average rating of overweight and mean price target of $148.24, according to analysts polled by FactSet.(covers equity, commodity and economic research from major banks and research firms in North America, Asia and Europe. Research providers may contact us here: https://www..com/contact-us)