On September 15, iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF rose 5.12% in regular trading, trading at $106.84/share, with turnover of $738 million.

On the news front, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman both issued weekend statements warning of AI cybersecurity risks, directly igniting investor enthusiasm across the cybersecurity and AI application software sectors. The warnings came amid broader industry moves, including Microsoft publishing a code of conduct for future AI models and growing enterprise concerns over AI data privacy and governance.

The ETF's major holdings surged broadly. CrowdStrike rallied over 15% to a record high, while SentinelOne and Zscaler gained over 14%, Palo Alto Networks climbed over 13%, and Okta advanced over 11%. AI application software names also posted strong gains, with Rubrik up over 13%, and ServiceNow, HubSpot, and Monday.com all recording notable increases. Morgan Stanley separately maintained a positive outlook on the North American software sector, noting that valuations have pulled back meaningfully on cash flow and earnings metrics.

The fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index, which measures the performance of U.S.-traded stocks from the software industry and select companies from the interactive home entertainment and interactive media and services sub-industries in the U.S. and Canada.

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