NEW YORK/BENGALURU (Jan 25): The Nasdaq index hit a record high on Monday, as investors remained optimistic at the start of a busy week of earnings from mega-cap technology companies, while economy-sensitive cyclical stocks gave back recent gains.
The so-called "stay-at-home" winners including Microsoft Corp, Facebook Inc and Apple Inc rose between 1.7% and 4.3%, following upbeat results from Netflix Inc last week.
Microsoft, scheduled to report results on Tuesday, rose 0.7% as Wedbush raised its price target on the software maker's stock on expectations of further growth in its cloud business for 2021.
"All eyes are on tech as it now has a chance to regain some of the strength that it lost in recent months," said Thomas Hayes, chairman of Great Hill Capital in New York.