Stocks rise ahead of tech earnings, Fed decision

Stocks advanced ahead of a cluster of major technology earnings reports and an upcoming Federal Reserve policy decision, according to Reuters. The move reflects a risk-appetite channel, where investors add equity exposure before high-impact events that could reprice growth expectations and discount rates. Nasdaq 100 futures and mega-cap technology names such as Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Broadcom are most sensitive, given their weight in index earnings and their dependence on AI-related spending outlooks. Currency markets are likely to react through rate-differential expectations, with the dollar against the euro and yen sensitive to any signal on the Fed's path relative to the ECB and Bank of Japan, while gold tends to respond to shifts in real yields. Traders should watch the Fed's rate statement and press conference language on inflation and balance-sheet policy, alongside guidance from the earnings reports on cloud and AI capital expenditure.

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