U.S. stocks open higher ahead of Big Tech earnings, central-bank decisions

U.S. stock indexes opened higher on Monday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average looking to extend its 10-session winning streak. Investors are awaiting a batch of earnings reports from megacap growth and technology companies while eying on monetary-policy decisions from the world’s major central banks amid continued signs that inflation is easing. The Dow industrials
DJIA,
+0.57%
rose 88 points, or 0.3%, to 35,319. The S&P 500
SPX,
+0.46%
gained 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+0.23%
advanced 0.5%. Corporate results due on Monday include Domino’s Pizza
DPZ,
+1.96%,
Whirlpool
WHR,
+0.91%,
Logitech
LOGI,
+0.25%
and NXP Semiconductors
NXPI,
-0.30%.
Alphabet
GOOGL,
+1.62%
and Microsoft
MSFT,
+0.29%
will report their numbers on Tuesday; Meta
META,
-0.99%
on Wednesday; and Intel
INTC,
-0.44%
on Thursday. The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points after its policy meeting this week. Policymakers will release a statement announcing their decision Wednesday at 2 p.m. Eastern, while Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m..