U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday as investors assessed earnings from Alphabet and Tesla while focusing on progress in trade deals between the U.S. and its top partners. Google-parent Alphabet raised its capital spending plans for the year to about $85 billion and predicted a further increase next year,

U.S. stock index futures ticked higher Thursday evening, extending optimism after record closes for the SP 500 and Nasdaq fueled by Alphabets strong quarterly results and upbeat AI outlook. However, broader gains

Wall Street inched to more records on Thursday as gains for Alphabet and artificial-intelligence stocks helped make up for Tesla ’s steep tumble. The S&P 500 added 0.1% to its all-time high set the day before.

Dow Jones futures fell modestly early Thursday, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures rose slightly. TeslaTSLA and Google-parent AlphabetGOOGL beat views. Google stock rose overnight while Tesla stock tumbled on the conference call,

Amid falling car sales, Tesla has hyped its humanoid robot, Optimus, as the company's next big product. All signs point to the contrary.