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title: "Affected by reports of Workday's acquisition, Workday's gains once widened to 30%. AI application software stocks surged collectively, with Cloudflare and MongoDB up over 6%, Palantir Tech and Salesforce up over 4%, AppLovin and ServiceNow up over 3%; the iShares Expanded Tech Software Sector ETF rose over 2%"
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description: "Affected by rumors of Workday's acquisition, its stock price once surged by 30%. Boosted by this, the AI application software sector rose collectively, with Cloudflare and MongoDB up over 6%, Palantir Tech and Salesforce up over 4%, AppLovin and ServiceNow up over 3%, and the related iShares Expanded Tech Software Sector ETF also rising over 2%"
datetime: "2026-08-13T18:55:34.000Z"
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# Affected by reports of Workday's acquisition, Workday's gains once widened to 30%. AI application software stocks surged collectively, with Cloudflare and MongoDB up over 6%, Palantir Tech and Salesforce up over 4%, AppLovin and ServiceNow up over 3%; the iShares Expanded Tech Software Sector ETF rose over 2%

Affected by reports of Workday's acquisition, Workday's gains once widened to 30%. AI application software stocks surged collectively, with Cloudflare and MongoDB up over 6%, Palantir Tech and Salesforce up over 4%, AppLovin and ServiceNow up over 3%; the iShares Expanded Tech Software Sector ETF rose over 2%.

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