U.S. stocks on Wednesday were extending their post-inauguration rally to a second day as Wall Street welcomed President Donald Trump’s calmer-than-expected tone on tariffs and his artificial-intelligence initiative to expand tech infrastructure in the U.S.

U.S. stocks were rising across the board on Wednesday morning, buoyed by the advance in megacap technology names. Under the surface, however, there is furious paddling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was struggling to hold on to its slight gains,

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Stocks are poised to open higher on Wednesday, extending a rally that has put major indexes within sight of record highs.

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.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, led by those tied to the Nasdaq, as investors cheered streaming giant Netflix's strong quarterly performance and President Donald Trump's multi-billion dollar support to bolster AI infrastructure.

Investors are appraising the likely impact of Trump's orders on stocks on the first trading day after the inauguration.

President Donald Trump's boost to AI demand hopes is outweighing fresh tariff threats on China and the EU, as earnings season rolls on.

Under early Wednesday U.S. trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures added 50 points (0.1%) as S&P 500 Futures rose 24 points (0.4%). Technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 Futures rose 165 points as investors felt confident in the technology sector.

Netflix, Oracle and other big technology stocks lifted Wall Street Wednesday as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 rose 0.

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jan 22), with the benchmark S&P 500 just shy of a record high, as investors cheered streaming giant Netflix’s strong quarterly performance and President Donald Trump’s multi-billion dollar support to bolster AI infrastructure.