Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is up nearly 9% to $430.11 on the day. All thanks to strong earnings with third quarter adjusted EPS OF $3.46 a share on revenue of $70.1 billion. Meanwhile, analysts were only looking for adjusted EPS of $3.

Wall Street's main indexes advanced on Thursday, led by gains on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, as strong quarterly results from heavyweights Microsoft and Meta pointed to a resilient outlook for the technology sector.

Stock index futures climbed on Thursday, as the earnings of tech giants Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta (META) brought cheer to investors.  S&P 500 futures (SPX) +0.9%, Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) +1.4%,