Meta, Amazon and Microsoft lead an earnings wave, along with a Fed meeting and Trump tariff deadline. Tesla "robotaxis" are about to hit San Francisco, with a caveat.

At 1:11 p.m. ET (17:11 GMT), the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average had risen by 145 points, or 0.3%, the benchmark S&P 500 increased 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4%.

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