U.S. stocks are drifting around a record on Thursday amid a relatively quiet day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in midday trading and on track to squeak past its all-time high set early last month after coming close the day before.

Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 futures ( NQ=F) fell 0.5% as tech stocks struggled to regain the momentum that propelled the previous day's gains. Nvidia ( NVDA) shares tipped lower in pre-market, as fellow megacap techs Apple ( AAPL) and Google parent Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL) also lost ground.

Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks are lifting U.S. indexes Wednesday as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 was up 0.

Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

Netflix stock (NFLX) surged, after the streaming service reported the highest-ever level of quarterly subscriber gains and said it plans to [raise U.S. prices](

Strong membership growth. One area where Netflix continues to shine is in adding new paid members. Last quarter, the company saw its paid memberships climb 16% year over year to 3

Asian Shares Are Mixed After China Rolls Out Market Boosting Measures BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after China rolled out more moves to try to boost its lagging stock markets by raising confidence that prices will rise.

China said on Wednesday it will guide big state insurers and commercial insurance funds to increase investments in the A-share market, in a latest move to boost its lagging stock market. Under a plan jointly released by six financial regulators including the securities regulator,