Oracle jumped 11.4% to an all-time high and helped lead the market after delivering better profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Gains for several influential Big Tech stocks also helped drive indexes, including rises of 2.1% for Microsoft and 2.4% for Amazon.

U.S. stocks are drifting in mixed trading following a couple reports on the economy that came in close to expectations

Asian shares are mostly higher, encouraged by gains on Wall Street led by a handful of influential Big Tech companies

U.S. stock indexes stormed back from big early drops on Wednesday to finish higher, led by a handful of influential Big Tech companies. The S&P 500 rallied 1.1% after erasing a morning wipeout of 1.6%,