Investors react to the Federal Reserve's policy decision and Chairman Jerome Powell's press conference, as well as results from Meta, Microsoft and Tesla.

US stocks fall after the Fed held rates steady but suggested the inflation drop has stalled. Meta, Tesla and Microsoft report earnings after the bell.

Dow Jones futures and S&P 500 futures edged lower early Thursday while Nasdaq futures rose modestly.The Federal Reserve meeting will conclude Wednesday afternoon but the attention will quickly turn to Tesla,

Microsoft (MSFT) stock shed weight in the early going on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) latest interest rate decision, scheduled for 14:00 EST, and the mammoth tech conglomerate’s fiscal second-quarter results after the close.

However, the U.S. stock market could move sharply on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30 based on commentary from the Federal Reserve, and earnings results from several "Magnificent Seven" companies: Apple ( AAPL 3.65%), Meta Platforms ( META 2.19%), Microsoft ( MSFT 2.91%), and Tesla ( TSLA 0.24%). Read on for details.

U.S equity future edged higher in early Wednesday trading, while the dollar extended gains and Treasury yields dipped, as investors looked for clarity on two key issues from today's Federal Reserve rate decision and fourth quarter earnings updates from three megacap tech giants.

U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday following the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady. Fed Chair Jerome Powell provided positive economic insights, but technology stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft pulled the S&P 500 down.

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The rest of the stock market could finally catch up to the Magnificent Seven this year—and it has nothing to do with DeepSeek. The gap in earnings growth between the Magnificent Seven and the rest of the benchmark index should compress from roughly 8 percent to less than 5 percent by the end of 2025,

Risks to the U.S. stock market are piling up as cracks emerge in the technology trade and the path for interest rates is clouded by persistent inflation worries that are being exacerbated by the potential for looming tariffs.

U.S equity futures turned lower in early Wednesday trading, while the dollar extended gains and Treasury yields dipped, as investors looked for clarity on two key issues from today's Federal Reserve interest rate decision and fourth-quarter earnings updates from three megacap tech giants.