Shares of technology companies rallied as traders rotated back into the sector ahead of key earnings.
Microsoft rose ahead of the software giant's earnings report, expected to provide updates on the artificial-intelligence boom.
Roper Technologies slid after the maker of specialized software for health-care, child-care and other applications logged a decline in quarterly profit.
Vice President JD Vance warned South Korea not to target tech companies, including U.S. owned ecommerce company Coupang, with discriminatory regulations and investigations, its latest effort to protect U.S. internet platforms as it threatens higher tariffs on the country.
Amazon is closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical stores in a shift to focus on its online same-day delivery service and new big-box retail stores.
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