Artificial intelligence was the focus when tech giants Microsoft and Meta kicked off the first round of Big Tech earnings of 2025. Here's what we learned.
The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, as four out of every five stocks in the index climbed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 168 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.3%.
TSLA, META, MSFT, IBM, NVDA were among the stocks that dominated investor attention on the day Federal Reserve chose to keep the interest rates steady.
Microsoft shares slumped on Thursday after the company's earnings left investors disappointed overnight. Meanwhile, Meta and Tesla traded higher, having shaken off the initial weakness that greeted ...