Wall Street drifted to a mixed close as drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm worked against buoyant fashion and cigarette stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Thursday following healthy gains for stock markets across much of Europe and Asia.

Check back for updates throughout the trading day U.S. equity futures edged modestly higher in early trading, extending gains from last night's solid close as investors shifted focus from trade tensions to a busy slate of corporate earnings and tomorrow's key January jobs report.

Wall Street shifted lower in early trading Wednesday as markets took in more corporate earnings reports while considering the impact of tariffs being imposed by the United States and China.

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Asian shares are trading mostly higher after a Wall Street rally that followed profit reports from major companies

Wall Street drifted higher as gains for most stocks outweighed drops for Alphabet and some other big-name companies following their latest earnings reports

Stocks on Wall Street edged higher Wednesday as the focus swings back toward how much profit businesses are making.