Markets Recover With Focus on Big Tech Earnings Over Iran. Stock Futures Rise.

Stocks looked set to rise on Friday as solid tech earnings helped reassure investors who were questioning whether the market could keep its recent rally going. The three major indexes all fell on Thursday as tensions flared up in the Strait of Hormuz and International Business Machines and ServiceNow both reported unspectacular earnings, sparking another selloff in software stocks. Oil prices were barely moving on Friday as President Donald Trump said the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon would extend another three weeks.