By Lawrence Delevingne and Amanda Cooper BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Wall Street shares advanced on Thursday as investors cheered updates from Meta and Tesla , while gold hit a record and the U.S. dollar advanced on potential tariffs.

Wall Street are pointing mostly higher in premarket trading while more corporate earnings poured in a day after the Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark lending rate alone

Meta Platforms (META) stock is 1.9% higher premarket after strong Q4 earnings and a lawsuit settlement with Donald Trump

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday, taking a pause after cutting short-term rates [by a full percentage point](

The Fed is widely expected to make no change to interest rates today, after cutting the benchmark short-term rate at every one of its last three meetings. There also won't be any quarterly economic or interest-rate projections.

Investors react to the Federal Reserve's policy decision and Chairman Jerome Powell's press conference, as well as results from Meta, Microsoft and Tesla.

Meta and Tesla rise as Microsoft slumps, keeping US indices mixed. Investors await Apple and Amazon earnings while GDP and Fed policy weigh on sentiment.

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most U.S. stocks higher after a rush of profit reports from some of the country's most influential companies

Wall Street ended up on relief Meta and Microsoft kept their AI spending plans even amid mixed earnings. Next up, Apple earnings.

U.S. stocks rise as Meta leads gains, while investors digest mixed earnings reports and economic data. (AP/Seth Wenig) Meta Platforms rallies 4.4% after strong profit report and AI investment commitment,