A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013.
Other big technology and growth stocks also rose, with Tesla (TSLA.O) advancing 3.4% after logging its biggest one-day percentage gain since March on Monday.
Macy's (M.N) jumped 4% after the department store chain beat second-quarter sales estimates, while Coty (COTY.N) slipped 2.0% after the perfume and cosmetics maker forecast annual profit below Wall Street expectations.
ET, Dow e-minis were up 66 points, or 0.19%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 17.25 points, or 0.39%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 79 points, or 0.53%.
Among other stocks, shares of Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) rose 2.8% in premarket trading after the video-conferencing platform forecast third-quarter profit above Wall Street estimates.
Persons:
Carlo Allegri, Nvidia's, Russ Mould, Jerome Powell's, Lowe's Cos, Amruta Khandekar, Shinjini
Organizations:
New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Dow, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Monday, Bell, Federal, Traders, Coty, Dow e, Zoom Video Communications, Wall, Activision, Microsoft, Ubisoft Entertainment, Thomson
Locations:
New York, U.S, Jackson