US stocks bounced back on Friday as Alphabet and Microsoft earnings revived hopes for a sustained Big Tech-led rally, even as a reading on the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge showed price pressures remain sticky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stocks fell on Thursday after a sharply lower-than-expected reading on US GDP for the first quarter ratcheted up questions about the health of the US economy in the face of persistently high interest rates. Meanwhile, Meta's revenue forecast rattled tech investors eyeing the next high-stakes...