-- Tech stocks were higher late Tuesday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rising 2.3% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 4.2%.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 4.2%.
In corporate news, Apple (AAPL) will let users select from multiple third-party AI models for tasks across its iOS 27 software, Bloomberg reported. Apple shares were up 2.7%.
Blackstone (BX) and KKR (KKR) are in talks with Alphabet (GOOGL) to allow their portfolio companies access to Google's AI models, Bloomberg reported. Alphabet shares added 1.1%.
Pinterest (PINS) shares jumped 7.4% after it posted better-than-expected Q1 results late Monday and forecast up to 16% revenue growth year over year for the ongoing three-month period.
Amazon-backed (AMZN) Anthropic introduced new AI agents built for a broader mix of financial services tasks, Bloomberg reported. Amazon shares rose 0.6%.