Sector Update: Tech

08:57 AM EDT, 10/19/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were rising premarket Monday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 1.7% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) advancing by 4.6%. Nvidia (NVDA) is leaning towards using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's (TSM) 3-nanometer logic process and production capacity in the base die component of its planned high-bandwidth memory chip called NVHBM, Seoul Economic Daily reported, citing industry sources. Nvidia shares were up 1.8% and Taiwan Semiconductor stock rose past 2% pre-bell.