** The elite "Magnificent Seven" group of megacap stocks up in
premarket trading, ahead of some big tech earnings this week
** Apple AAPL.O , Nvidia NVDA.O , Microsoft MSFT.O ,
Amazon.com AMZN.O , Meta Platforms META.O , Alphabet
GOOGL.O , Tesla TSLA.O up 0.3%-2.2%
** GOOGL earnings due on Tue, MSFT and META on Wed, AMZN and
AAPL on Thu
** "We know about the (tech cos') big spending, but are we
starting to see the benefits of their investments?" said Jay
Woods, chief global strategist at Freedom Capital Markets
** On Thu, TSLA surged 22% following a strong car sales growth
forecast, in a positive start to the Mag 7 earnings;
** Last week, NVDA briefly toppled AAPL to become world's most
valuable company, with the AI chip giant's market cap standing
at ~3.47 trln as of Fri close
** Investors also on the lookout for Nov. 5 U.S. elections
in another test for markets
**
(Reporting by Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru)
((mailto:Ankika.Biswas@thomsonreuters.com))