* US stock futures surge on Meta, Microsoft ( MSFT ) earnings * Dollar hovers near two month highs after Fed holds rates (Updates prices throughout, adds new detail on BOJ) By Nell Mackenzie and Gregor Stuart Hunter LONDON/SINGAPORE, July 31 (Reuters) - World stocks were mixed Thursday, with markets mulling a raft of economic indicators including central bank rate...

(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 reinforced investor confidence that artificial intelligence investments are paying off. Meta Platforms soared 11.5% in premarket trading after the social media giant forecast third-quarter revenue well above estimates, thanks to AI boosting its core advertising business....

(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 reinforced investor confidence that artificial intelligence investments are paying off. Meta Platforms soared 11.5% in premarket trading after the social media giant forecast third-quarter revenue well above estimates, thanks to AI boosting its core advertising business....

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