Earnings news and a bullish outlook in cloud computing and social networking gave stocks a boost Thursday. The Nasdaq led the advance while other key indexes tagged along for smaller gains, but all succumbed to some profit-taking by session's end.

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Thursday here to see if a bounce in big tech stocks can help the market extend its seven-session winning streak as traders also eye Apple and Amazon results.

US stock futures dipped as Wall Street digested earnings reports from Apple and Amazon that came with warnings of economic headwinds ahead.