US STOCKS-Wall St propped up by gains in technology shares

* Trump says "not yet ready" to make a deal with China
* Bond yields hit lowest level since 2017; bank stocks fall
* Total System jumps after Global Payments' buyout offer
* Activision Blizzard gains on Goldman upgrade
* Indexes up: Dow 0.12%, S&P 0.19%, Nasdaq 0.49%

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By Amy Caren Daniel
May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose slightly on Tuesday,
propped up by a rise in technology stocks, but the likelihood of
a protracted trade war between the United States and China kept
investors on edge.
Trump on Monday said he was "not yet ready" to make a deal
with China but he expected one in the future. The back-and-forth
on tariffs between the two sides has sparked worries that the
trade war would lead to a global economic slowdown.
"There is not a lot of news and not a lot of hope on
U.S.-China trade at the moment, but it's also not getting worse
so that is what is helping the markets," said Rob Haworth,
senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in
Seattle.
The uncertainty has pushed investors toward safe-haven
assets, which resulted in benchmark U.S. Treasury yields
US10YT=RR dropping to its lowest level since October 2017.
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The rate-sensitive banking sector .SPXBK dropped 0.26%,
while the broader financial sector .SPSY fell 0.09% and
weighed on the S&P 500 index .SPX .
"What you're seeing is kind of an over-sold bounce, we'll
see over the course of the day if that holds," said Michael
Antonelli, market strategist at Robert W. Baird in Milwaukee.
The benchmark S&P 500 index .SPX as of Friday's close was
about 4% away from its record high hit on May 1, while the
blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial index .DJI posted its fifth
straight week of decline.
The technology sector .SPLRCT , which is among the worst
performing S&P sectors this month, rose 0.66%, helped by a 6.1%
jump in Total System Services Inc TSS.N .
Global Payments Inc GPN.N said it would buy the payment
technology company for about $21.5 billion in stock. Its shares
declined 1.7%. Markets were also helped by gains in marquee stocks,
including Facebook Inc FB.O , Amazon.com AMZN.O , Netflix
NFLX.O and Microsoft Corp MSFT.O , which rose over 1% each.
At 12:14 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI
was up 31.07 points, or 0.12%, at 25,616.76. The S&P 500 .SPX
was up 5.40 points, or 0.19%, at 2,831.46 and the Nasdaq
Composite .IXIC was up 37.34 points, or 0.49%, at 7,674.35.
Among other stocks, Activision Blizzard Inc ATVI.O rose
3.6% after Goldman Sachs upgraded its shares to "buy" and said
the videogame publisher would benefit from its recent releases.
Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O jumped 10.5% and also helped
lift the tech sector, after the chipmaker launched new computing
and graphics products on Sunday. Rival Intel Corp INTC.O fell
2.0%.
FedEx Corp FDX.N slipped 0.8% after Huawei Technologies Co
Ltd HWT.UL said it is reviewing its relationship with the U.S.
package delivery company, after it diverted two parcels destined
for Huawei addresses in Asia to the United States. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.08-to-1 ratio
on the NYSE and by a 1.05-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P index recorded 17 new 52-week highs and 10 new lows,
while the Nasdaq recorded 44 new highs and 83 new lows.