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 … The post appeared first on TV News Check.

All three major U.S. stock indexes were higher in late-afternoon trade as focused turned away from Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting and toward corporate earnings on deck. The S&P 500 index was leading the equity gauges higher with a 0.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Thursday, driven by post-earnings gains in Meta and Tesla, while Microsoft's lackluster cloud forecast and downbeat results from Cigna tempered overall market optimism somewhat.

U.S. stocks traded mostly higher on Thursday following the latest batch of corporate earnings and U.S. economic reports. The Dow and S&P 500 were trading higher, but the Nasdaq Composite sank as weakness in a handful of key tech stocks weighed on the index.