U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday as investors assessed earnings from Alphabet and Tesla while focusing on progress in trade deals between the U.S. and its top partners. Google-parent Alphabet raised its capital spending plans for the year to about $85 billion and predicted a further increase next year,

U.S. stock futures were mixed early Thursday, following news about trade deals and positive earnings that boosted risk appetite among traders in the previous session and sent the S&P 500 Index to a fresh record.

U.S. stock index futures ticked higher Thursday evening, extending optimism after record closes for the SP 500 and Nasdaq fueled by Alphabets strong quarterly results and upbeat AI outlook. However, broader gains