Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as Tesla, Meta, Microsoft diverge after earnings

Gains in US stock futures slackened on Thursday as investors digested the latest megacap tech earnings ahead of Apple's report, while gold (GC=F) and oil (BZ=F) rallied amid fears of US military strikes on Iran. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) and the S&P 500 (ES=F) were both up roughly 0.2%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) nudged up 0.1% as stocks pared an earlier premarket advance that followed Wednesday's muted performance. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is gearing up for another bid o ...