A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A volatile week for Wall Street megacaps looks set to end with a positive twist as Microsoft and Alphabet earnings wowed the gallery overnight, while the yen plunged anew in Asia as the Bank of Japan left policy on hold. After a day in which Meta's outsize spend on artificial intelligence appear to spook investors and sent both its stock and the wider tech sector into tailspin, its rivals appeared to steady the ship overnight. Microsoft beat estimates for its quarterly revenue and profit, driven by gains from adoption of artificial intelligence across its cloud services, and its shares jumped more than 4% in extended trade...

Alphabet shares surge after Google’s parent posts better-than-expected earnings and announces its first cash dividend, Microsoft posts 31% quarterly growth in Azure cloud-computing revenue, and Snap soars after issuing a strong forecast for second-quarter sales. Earnings are scheduled Friday from Exxon Mobil and Chevron...

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