During Wednesday's trading, the value of US Dollar extended the recovery, which started in the aftermath of hitting a seven week low level.
Prior to the start of US trading, it was expected that the US markets would open near or at the closing prices of yesterday despite a drop in oil prices.
SoftBank Group's $100B Vision Fund is likely to report record earnings as soon as May 12, mostly boosted by the gain on the company's stake in Coupang, South Korea's e-commerce giant.
On Wednesday, Amazon.com stated it was launching a new biometric technology for Whole Foods customers in stores around Seattle, allowing shoppers to pay with their palm's scan.
During Wednesday's Asian and European trading hours, stock indices around the world surged fuelled by European corporate earnings.
On Wednesday, ASML Holding NV reported its net income beat forecasts for the Q1, while also raised the full-year sales outlook on robust demand amid the global semiconductor shortage.
Netflix reported slowing subscriber growth in the current year's Q1, as the pandemic hurt the movies and TV shows production, sending the streaming service's shares down 11%.
On Wednesday, Sweden's Ericsson posted its Q1 core profit above market forecasts as robust sales of its 5G equipment had offset the royalty income loss amid a patent battle with Samsung Electronics.
Messaging platform Discord has finished sale discussions with Microsoft, as it seeks to expand its business as a standalone firm, according to a Reuters report.
Shares of Abbott Laboratories edged lower on Tuesday after the company posted a mixed first-quarter earnings report.
Boeing Co has raised the retirement age of its Chief Executive Officer, the US planemaker announced on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Lockheed Martin Corp raised its revenue outlook for 2021, as the US weapons producer company reported better-than-expected Q1 profits.
On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 edged lower, as investors and traders await tech earnings season.
Kering, the French luxury group, reported its sales soared by 26% in the current year's Q1, driven by a robust rebound in its star brand Gucci.
On Tuesday, United Airlines Holdings announced it was planning to revive operations of the grounded Boeing 777-200 aircraft in the future.
The US electric car maker Tesla Inc is set to launch self-inspection and address issues of customer service in China, it announced on Tuesday.
SoftBank-backed startup WeWork stated that it would start accepting payments in selected cryptocurrencies and partner with Bitpay and Coinbase Global to facilitate transactions.
The British government is set to look into the national security consequences of Nvidia's purchase of the UK chip designer ARM Holdings, raising questions over the $40B deal.
Venmo, the P2P payment service owned by PayPal, announced that it started allowing users to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies on its application.
On Tuesday, US stock markets opened with a minor decline of US stock indices. The decline was seen as a consolidation in the aftermath of reaching new high levels on Friday.
Luxury carmaker Ferrari appointed Charlie Turner, Top Gear's Editorial Director, as the company's chief content officer, Ferrari stated on Tuesday.
Microsoft is set to launch a beta version of Xbox's cloud gaming on Apple's and Windows 10 PC's web browsers, as well as iPhones and iPads from April 20.
Mastercard is planning to acquire Ekata, the digital ID verification company, in an $850M deal, on the back of an expected surge in demand for the digital security space firms.
Apple is set to bring Parler, the social media app favoured by US conservatives, back to App Store after pulling it due to the deadly US Capitol riot in January.