Meta Platforms and most other U.S. stocks are rising Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies, but drops for Nvidia and Microsoft are keeping the market in check.

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Thursday, driven by post-earnings advances in Meta and Tesla, although Microsoft's weak cloud forecast and downbeat results from Cigna dampened investor enthusiasm. Microsoft MSFT.O dropped 4.7% after forecasting disappointing growth in its cloud computing business.

Most U.S. stocks are ticking higher following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies.

It reported sales of $48.4 billion and earnings of $8.02 per share, compared to the consensus estimates of $47.0 billion and $6.77, respectively.

Meta founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg expects 2025 to be a crucial year in reshaping the company’s engagement with governments, as regulatory pressures, artificial intelligence advancements and digital policy shifts continue to evolve.

Meta Platforms beat Wall Street expectations for fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday but predicted sales in the current first quarter may not meet forecasts, sending mixed signals about how its bets on pricey artificial intelligence-powered tools are paying off.

Social network operator Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 20.6% year on year to $48.39 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $40.65 billion was less impressive,

Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it has agreed to pay about $25 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over the company's suspension of his accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.

Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to pay $25 million to resolve Donald Trump’s claims that his ban from the company’s social media networks after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol was illegal censorship,

Meta, along with nearly every other major tech company, suspended Trump’s accounts in 2021 after the Capitol attack by his supporters.

Meta Platforms Inc. posted sharply higher profit and revenue for its fourth quarter on Wednesday, thanks to higher ad revenue on its social media properties