09:01 UTC — Bitcoin holds near $64,000 as Microsoft's AI payoff lifts stocksBitcoin traded near $63,900 on Thursday, easing slightly, as U.S. stock futures rose on strong results from Microsoft ( MSFT ) that reassured investors the heavy spending on AI is starting to pay off, per CoinDesk data. S&P 500 futures gained 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 contracts rose 0.4%...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures up: Dow 0.23%, S&P 500 0.41%, Nasdaq 0.86% * Microsoft ( MSFT ) jumps after forecasting upbeat sales, cloud growth * Meta drops 9.2% after second-quarter free cash flow plunges 91% * Traders see 65% chance of 25-bps...

LONDON, July 30 (Rtrs) - The yen briefly jumped against the dollar on Thursday in a move analysts said did not bear the hallmarks of the official intervention traders are braced for, but rather unease following a dramatic Federal Reserve meeting and a day before the Bank of Japan meets. The dollar dropped as low as 162.57 yen as its...

July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures steadied on Thursday after a sharp selloff driven by uncertainty around the Federal Reserve's policy outlook, while Microsoft's forecast-beating results soothed investor concerns about massive AI spending by companies. Microsoft rose nearly 9% in premarket trading after the company forecast current-quarter sales and cloud growth that beat expectations, gave a capital expenditure...