US stock futures edged up as President Trump announced a trade deal with Japan and Wall Street readied for Tesla (TSLA) and Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) earnings. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) rose 0.

Despite weakness in these two blue chip stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to add 0.4% to 44,502 thanks to gains in health care stocks Merck & Co ( MRK, +2.9%) and Amgen ( AMGN, +3.3%).

US stocks closed mixed Tuesday, but the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) was able to eke out a new record as Wall Street digested a new batch of earnings, including a tariff warning from General Motors (GM),

The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq are mixed Tuesday as the stock market sifts through the latest second-quarter earnings results.

The Dow Jones index dropped Thursday ahead of jobless claims and retail sales. Nvidia chipmaker TSMC jumped on earnings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major indexes closed mixed in the stock market today, as investors seemed to brush off a weaker-than-expected January retail sales report. But there ...