Alphabet reports fourth-quarter earnings after Tuesday's closing bell. Investors will be focused on cloud momentum and AI traction, with shares of the Google and YouTube parent company holding fast near the record levels achieved last week.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. posted fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as growth in its cloud business slowed. The shares fell more than 8%.

Excluding traffic acquisition costs, that figure was $81.6bn, missing Wall Street estimates in a Bloomberg poll of $82.8bn. Net income rose 28 per cent to $26.5bn. Alphabet shares dropped more than 6 per cent in after-hours trading.

Key Takeaways The S&P 500 added 0.7% on Tuesday, Feb. 4, as investors evaluated developments on U.S. tariffs, labor market data, and the latest earnings news.Palantir Technologies topped quarterly sales forecast and touted its strong position in AI,

Palantir Technologies Inc.’s hefty premium will be in focus when the data analysis software giant reports earnings after the market close on Monday — with the stock trading at levels some see as difficult to maintain.

Palantir Technologies stock closed at its highest level on record after the company posted a big beat with its fourth-quarter results.Earnings per share were up annually by 75% to 14 cents, compared with Wall Street’s consensus estimate of 11 cents,