09:09 AM EDT, 04/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were mixed premarket Monday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.2% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) 0.1% higher.

Qualcomm (QCOM) shares were up more than 8% after a TF International Securities analyst said that industry checks suggest Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI is working with the semiconductor company and MediaTek to develop smartphone processors.

Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) and Axiro Semiconductor said Axiro's Ku- and X-band radar beamforming integrated circuits are now ready for deployment in critical defense systems. Tower Semiconductor stock was up more than 1% pre-bell.

WeRide (WRD) and Lenovo expect to jointly deploy 200,000 autonomous vehicles, including Robotaxis, worldwide over the next five years, WeRide said. Shares of WeRide were up more than 3% premarket.