Microsoft reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday. The company said earnings were $3.23 a share on revenue of $69.6 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting earnings of $3.

Microsoft is set to report fiscal second-quarter earnings after the market closes Wednesday, with analysts largely bullish despite what Morgan Stanley called a growing “wall of worry."

Asian stocks have advanced in thin Lunar New Year trading following a rebound on Wall Street driven by tech stocks as the panic over Chinese AI company DeepSeek faded

U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September

U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday, but off their lows of the day, with the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady as expected and Fed Chair Jerome Powell offering soothing comments for investors.