Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq open higher as Meta, Tesla earnings loom

US equity index futures and the opening trades for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 pointed higher as investors positioned ahead of quarterly earnings from Meta Platforms and Tesla. The move reflects a risk-appetite channel, where traders add equity exposure before high-profile reports that can reset expectations for megacap growth and capital spending. Meta and Tesla carry outsized weight in the Nasdaq 100, so the index is most sensitive to their results, with Meta's advertising revenue and AI infrastructure spending and Tesla's vehicle delivery margins and guidance likely to drive the largest moves. Because both companies are dominant constituents, a strong or weak print could spill over into the broader S&P 500 technology and communication services sectors through sympathy trading and index-level flows. The next catalyst for traders to watch is the post-earnings reaction in Meta and Tesla shares at the next regular session open, alongside any revisions to forward guidance that feed into sector-wide valuation models.

The Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is the US large-cap tech benchmark. NDX is more sensitive to rate decisions than SPX because of longer-duration cash flows, and heavily concentrated in Tech/Comms names — mega-cap earnings season dominates price action.

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