US stocks climbed to end the week. The tech sector rallied sharply, with the Nasdaq Composite up more than 2%.

The entire U.S. stock market felt the pressure of another rise in Treasury yields following a disappointing report that said the growth of the U.S. economy slowed to a 1.6% annual rate during the first three months of this year from 3.4% at the end of 2023.

Shares in Google-parent Alphabet were up over 11% in Frankfurt on Friday, while Microsoft shares rose nearly 5%. That contrasts with a more than 10% slide in Meta shares on Thursday, after the social media firm signalled its costly bet on AI could take years to pay off.

U.S. stock index futures advanced on Friday as megacap growth shares rebounded on the back of robust quarterly results from Alphabet and Microsoft, while investors awaited a key inflation print that could help shape U.

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, led by Google parent Alphabet and Microsoft shares popping after earnings.The tech giants reported better-than-expected quarterly results after the bell Thursday,

Yeah, perhaps the difference is actually in the numbers if you compare matter with Microsoft and Alphabet. So much action and after hours we're seeing a huge bump in after hours trading, you can see Alphabet up 13%,

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Wall Street marched higher on Friday, after earnings from tech behemoths Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) reignited the artificial intelligence (AI) craze. Moreover, traders bracing for another hotter-than-expected reading on inflation were calmed after the Federal Reserve's preferred price gauge largely matched estimates.