Stocks Up But Tech-Heavy Nasdaq Slips After Earnings Reports
Major averages rose in Wednesday's opening session but the Nasdaq fell after Alphabet reported cloud revenue below Wall Street estimates, despite topping profit views.
A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit's Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers' other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The ongoing United Auto Workers strike expanded Thursday in a major blow to Ford as the union ordered 8700 workers to walk off the job at the automaker giant's largest plant.