Stock market today: Meta Platforms leads most of Wall Street higher

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly rising following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 was up 0.6% in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 127 points, or 0.3%, as of 9:50 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.7% higher. Meta Platforms helped lift indexes and …