07:31 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity markets were tracking in the green before the opening bell Thursday following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its policy rate unchanged, while investors await a key inflation report and more tech earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.9%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3% and the Nasdaq increased 1.3% in...

08:27 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was up 0.8% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 1.2% higher in Thursday's premarket activity after Meta (META) and Microsoft ( MSFT ) reported better-than-expected financial results. US stock futures were also higher, with S&P 500 Index...

* Futures up: Dow 0.3%, S&P 500 0.99%, Nasdaq 1.34% * Microsoft ( MSFT ), Meta surge after blowout quarterly results * June PCE figures due at 8:30 a.m. ET (Updates with prices) By Nikhil Sharma and Pranav Kashyap July 31 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures climbed to record levels on Thursday, after blockbuster earnings from Meta and...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures up: Dow 0.34%, S&P 500 0.95%, Nasdaq 1.29% July 31 (Reuters) - Futures tied to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq surged to record highs on Thursday after strong earnings from tech giants Meta and Microsoft ( MSFT )...