The S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were at record highs on Thursday, propped up by a slew of stellar earnings reports and as investors shrugged off the Federal Reserve's first steps to begin paring its pandemic-era support.At 8:00 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 17 points, or 0.05%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 5.25 points, or 0.11%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 60.5 points, or 0.38%.Tesla Inc added 1.9% and was set for a record open, while other mega-cap technology titans Microsoft Corp, Google-owner A
Wall Street shakes off Amazon, Apple weakness to end modestly higher
* $Apple$, Amazon fall on dismal holiday-quarter forecast. * $Microsoft$ tops Apple as the most valuable U.S. public company. The S&P 500 had fallen as much as 0.65% earlier in the day. The benchmark index advanced 1.3% for the week, its fourth straight weekly climb, marking its longest weekly streak of gains since April. For the month, the S&P rose 6.9%, its biggest monthly rise since November 2020.The Dow rose 0.4% for the week while the Nasdaq gained 2.7%, also marking four straight weekly ga
Dow, S&P Close at Record Highs, Tesla Hits $1 Trillion Valuation
NEW YORK - The Dow Industrials and S&P 500 closed at record highs on Monday, as earnings season kicked in to high gear in one of the heaviest reporting weeks of the quarter with bellwethers in multiple sectors poised to announce results.While the Dow and S&P hit new highs, the Nasdaq outperformed on the day, buoyed by gains in Tesla and PayPal, and the tech-heavy index stands less than 1% away from its Sept. 7 closing record.Tesla Inc jumped 12.66% to its own new high of $1,045.02 and breached