Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages remain little changed from previous values as the market enters the final half hour of the session.

Akamai Tech (AKAM 126.79, +12.42, +10.86%) is the best-performing S&P 500 name this afternoon, after being selected as a strategic security partner for World Wide Technology's AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience, positioning its technology as part of the foundational security architecture for AI factories built by WWT and accelerated by NVIDIA (NVDA 205.00, +8.07, +4.10%).

The collaboration embeds Akami Tech's capabilities across areas such as API protection, micro segmentation, zero-trust security, and critical-infrastructure defense, helping enterprises secure AI workloads from deployment through ongoing operations. Investors are reacting positively because the partnership gives Akami Tech a clearer route into large enterprise AI infrastructure projects, potentially expanding its role beyond traditional content delivery into higher-value security and cloud services.