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.

Nvidia stock trades lower, ASML rises after fourth-quarter bookings top analysts’ forecasts, and Wall Street awaits quarterly earnings Wednesday from Tesla, Microsoft, and Meta Platforms.

ASML stock rises after fourth-quarter bookings at the Dutch semiconductor equipment maker top analysts’ forecasts, while Wall Street anticipates quarterly earnings Wednesday from Tesla, Microsoft, and Meta Platforms.

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.

Stocks rose Tuesday, led by tech. AI fears loom as Meta, Microsoft report earnings. Tesla faces policy risks. Fed decision, major earnings, and government cuts ahead.

Good morning. Meta and Tesla shares gain on solid earnings news. The European Central Bank is widely expected to cut rates again. And increasing thefts in Britain are costing retailers billions of pounds.

"Investing 'very heavily' in capital expenditure and infrastructure is going to be a strategic advantage over time," Mark Zuckerberg said.