Earnings news and a bullish outlook in cloud computing and social networking gave stocks a boost Thursday. The Nasdaq led the advance while other key indexes tagged along for smaller gains, but all succumbed to some profit-taking by session's end.

Wall Street's main indexes advanced on Thursday, led by gains on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, as strong quarterly results from heavyweights Microsoft and Meta pointed to a resilient outlook for the technology sector.

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Thursday here to see if a bounce in big tech stocks can help the market extend its seven-session winning streak as traders also eye Apple and Amazon results.