Meta Platforms, Tesla and most other U.S. stocks are rising Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies.

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Thursday, driven by post-earnings advances in Meta and Tesla, although Microsoft's weak cloud forecast and downbeat results from Cigna dampened investor enthusiasm. Microsoft MSFT.O dropped 4.7% after forecasting disappointing growth in its cloud computing business.

Tesla, Microsoft, and Meta are reacting to earnings calls overnight, which came in after the bell on Wednesday.

Microsoft alone is projecting $80 billion of infrastructure spend for data centers in 2025; meanwhile, OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank are leading the newly announced Stargate initiative under President Trump -- a project aiming to invest $500 billion into AI frameworks over the coming years.

Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec discuss the latest Big Tech earnings featuring Tesla, Meta and Microsoft. They speak with: Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Mandeep Singh Bloomberg Technology Co-Host Caroline Hyde James Cakmak,

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Dow Jones stocks edged higher in the stock market today as investors awaited Powell's remarks and earnings from three tech titans.

US stocks gained steam on Thursday afternoon as investors digested megacap tech earnings and waited for Apple (AAPL) results for more clues on prospects for Big Tech. Right ahead of the closing bell,

Asia markets are mostly higher following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most U.S. stocks higher after a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies