U.S. Stock Market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq futures jump, Palantir, AMD, Alphabet, Amazon shares up. Full list of stocks to watch out

U.S Stock Market futures on Tuesday remained steady. Futures tracking the S&P 500 ⁠and the Nasdaq edged higher. On Tuesday early morning, Dow E-minis were down 6 points, or 0.01 per cent, S&P 500 E-minis ‍were up ⁠12.5 points, or 0.18 per cent, and Nasdaq ⁠100 E-minis were up 123.75 points, or 0.48 per cent. On Monday, the S&P 500 and the Dow ended near record levels, while the Nasdaq finished 0.5 per cent higher.

Teradyne shares surged 23.7 per cent in premarket trading after the chip-testing equipment maker forecast first-quarter revenue and profit above analysts' estimates, ‌citing strong demand tied ‌to multibillion-dollar spending by big tech on data-center expansion.

Alphabet rose 1.5 per cent after notching a record high in the previous session, while Amazon added ‌0.8 per cent. Both the "Magnificent Seven" heavyweights are due to report later this week, offering investors another read on the race to commercialize artificial intelligence.


Palantir Technologies jumped 10.4 per cent as investors bet on the company's military-grade artificial intelligence tools after U.S. defense spending helped drive its quarterly sales.

Recent earnings from the biggest technology companies have underscored a growing investor ​focus on payback from soaring capital expenditure plans. Spending on AI-related infrastructure, including ​data centers, has climbed sharply, putting pressure on companies to translate investment into measurable returns that ‌can support lofty ‍valuations.

Advanced Micro Devices and server maker Super Micro Computer, both due to report after ‍the close, gained more than 2 per cent each.

Among companies reporting before the opening ‌bell, Pfizer slipped 1 per cent while Merck edged 0.3 per cent lower.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Cadbury maker Mondelez and household products maker Clorox are scheduled to report after the bell.

Markets will watch for clues on consumer trends from earnings reports after data last month showed consumer confidence dropped in January to its lowest level in more than 11-1/2 years.

About one quarter of the S&P 500 is set to report quarterly results this week. Analysts expect S&P 500 companies to have grown their earnings nearly 11 per cent in the December ‍quarter, up from an estimate of about 9 per cent at the start of January, according to LSEG.