08:51 AM EDT, 07/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were higher pre-bell Thursday with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.5% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) recently advancing by 0.2%.

SoundHound AI ( SOUN ) was up over 7% after saying its SoundHound Chat AI voice assistant with integrated ChatGPT is in production in Peugeot, Opel and Vauxhall vehicle brands across 11 European markets.