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.

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.

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.

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most U.S. stocks higher on Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, as four out of every five stocks in the index climbed.

Tesla’s core business underperformed in Q4, missing analyst expectations for both earnings and revenue. Microsoft’s Q2 results were strong but fell short of expectations for

Wall Street got a hard slap after the bell on Jan. 29 when Tesla, Meta, and Microsoft dropped their earnings reports, each showing numbers that didn’t hit the targets analysts had set. Investors saw their hopes crash as three of the biggest tech giants struggled on multiple fronts—electric vehicles,