Nasdaq 100 climbs at the opening bell as Netflix’s stellar earnings and AI investments fuel tech stock momentum. Will the rally sustain?

Netflix, Oracle, and Nvidia lead gains as S&P 500 reaches an all-time high. Explore the drivers behind this rally and what it means for US stock markets today.

Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are trending up +0.82% this morning as optimism over more artificial intelligence spending under Donald Trump and strong quarterly results from Netflix boosted sentiment.

U.S. stock index futures advanced on Wednesday, with Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) in particular getting a big boost from Netflix (NFLX). The streaming giant was on track to open at a record high after announcing robust quarterly results.

Going as far back as far as 1972 -- the first full year the Nasdaq traded -- in each year after achieving gains of 28% or more, the tech-centric index has delivered additional gains of 19%, on average.

US equity futures signaled that the strong Wall Street rally of the past two sessions remains on track, lifted by a slew of robust corporate results and signs that US tariffs on trade partners could be less harsh than feared.

U.S. stock-market futures pointed to opening gains on Wednesday after Netflix posted better-than-expected results and President Donald Trump unveiled an artificial-intelligence infrastructure package.

A fresh quarterly earnings season is underway in corporate America. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will release its report for the fourth quarter of 2024 (ended Dec. 31) next Thursday, Feb. 6. Despite Amazon being the world's biggest e-commerce company,

Shares of Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) slipped this week. President Trump announced early into his presidency that he would roll back specific Biden-era EV-boosting initiatives. The president made it clear that his administration would take a much different approach to green initiatives in general.

Investors are heading into yet another pivotal Big Tech earnings cycle with the companies’ shares near record highs and valuations stretched. A key distinction this time: The group’s profit growth is projected to come in at the slowest pace in almost two years.

Shares of Arm Holdings ( ARM -2.43%) were trading higher this week. The company's stock gained 8.9% as of market close but was up as much as 13% earlier in the week. The leg up comes as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were up 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes traded sharply lower Monday after a Chinese tech company released a new artificial intelligence model over the weekend that could pose a threat to Nvidia and other U.