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* The S&P 500 index touched a record intraday
high on Thursday, while the Nasdaq closed at 5,056.06 surpassing
a 2000 record set just before the dot-com crash.
* Amazon shares jumped 10 percent to $429.50 in premarket
trading after the e-commerce company's revenue came in above
estimates.
* Google rose 4 percent to $580 after reporting higher quarterly
revenue and profit as rising online ad volume offset a hit from
the strong dollar.
* Microsoft shares rose 3.3 percent to $44.78 before the
bell as the software giant's results topped Wall Street
estimates.
* Starbucks shares gained 4.4 percent to $51.50 following the
coffee chain's strong quarterly results.
* Apple gained 0.6 percent to $130.45 after the company said it
aims to ship at least 20 million Apple Watches this year, well
above many analysts' forecasts.
* Of the 169 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported
earnings so far, 71 percent have exceeded expectations but only
44 percent have beaten on revenue.
* Data expected on Friday includes durable goods figures for
March at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT).
* Companies scheduled to report results Friday include American
Airlines, Xerox and Interpublic.
Futures snapshot at 7:17 a.m. EDT (1117 GMT)
* S&P 500 e-minis were up 2 points, or 0.09 percent, with
138,104 contracts changing hands.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 26 points, or 0.58 percent, in
volume of 29,129 contracts.
* Dow e-minis were up 13 points, or 0.07 percent, with
23,907 contracts changing hands.
(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Savio D'Souza and
Rodrigo Campos)
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