Wall Street opened in the green on Friday, with Nasdaq leading the charge, driven by strong earnings from tech companies. S&P 500 (SP500) +0.8%, the Dow (DJI) +0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) +1.

December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are trending up +1.15% this morning as strong quarterly results and guidance from Amazon and Apple boosted sentiment. Amazon.com (AMZN) jumped over +12% in pre-market trading after the tech and online retailing giant posted the strongest growth rate in nearly three years in its cloud unit in the third

Tech-focused Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) slipped -0.3% after hours on Thursday, despite a post-earnings climb in tech giants Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN), as sentiment remained muted from the regular trading session.

Wall Street's main stock indexes closed higher on Friday, with their biggest boost coming from Amazon's upbeat earnings forecast, but sentiment was dampened by worries that the Federal Reserve is becoming more cautious about cutting rates.

Apple, Amazon latest to beat forecasts. . Apple and Amazon both beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday (October 30), with Apple top

Wall Street moved higher on Friday with the major indexes advancing as upbeat earnings from big tech companies fueled investor optimism. Rising the most on the session was the tech focused Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) which was last up 1%.