US tech stocks diverged: Amazon (AMZN.O) rose 6.0%, Alibaba (BABA.N) 4.6%;
Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Apple (AAPL.O) each climbed more than 4%. Micron
Technology (MU.O) fell over 4%; Intel (INTC.O) and ASML (ASML.O) dropped more
than 3%; NVIDIA (NVDA.O) slipped 2.7%.