Premarket movers: Microsoft rises; Alphabet drags software stocks lower

Investing.com - U.S. technology stocks were sharply divided in premarket trading on Thursday, as stronger-than-expected results from Microsoft offered some reassurance about demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence, while an earnings miss from Alphabet and disappointing software results revived concerns about AI-related disruption. Still guessing which stocks will beat the market? Our AI portfolio updates monthly and is outperforming the S&P 500 by 118%. See this month's list » Nasdaq 100 Futures slid 1.1% to 29,683 points by 07:00 ET. S&P 500 Futures fell 0.14% to 7,73 points, and Dow Jones Futures fell 0.07% to 52,664 points. Here are some of the biggest premarket U.S. stock movers today: Microsoft shares climbed around 2.