US Stocks Inch Down Before Hyperscaler Earnings and Fed

2026-04-29 13:35 By Andre Joaquim 1 min. read

US equities inched lower on Wednesday ahead of major earnings announcements and a likely rate hold by the Federal Reserve.

The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq 100 were slightly lower.

Hyperscalers Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon, totalling around $11 trillion in market cap, were between 1% and 2% lower ahead of their earnings reports after the bell, set to update their AI capital expenditure that has suppported stocks despite the growing skepticism on their sustainability.

AI infrastructure were already in the spotlight after OpenAI reportedly missed targets yesterday.

Visa was over 5% higher after posting strong results for the last quarter, while Booking dropped 4% on their earnings.

Also, AbbVie bounced from eight-month lows after its report.

Defensive stocks held ground despite the fresh increase in oil prices on no signs of energy supply from the Middle East.

Lastly, the Fed is due to hold rates unchanged this session in Chair Powell's likely last meeting in the position.



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