Stock futures are higher Wednesday morning as shares of technology companies surge after strong earnings reports, putting major indexes on track to add to record highs.

Dow Jones futures rose 180 points Wednesday ahead of the ADP jobs report and a speech from Fed chief Powell. Salesforce soared on earnings.

Wall Street's major averages rose on Wednesday, after strong earnings reports from Salesforce (CRM) and Marvell (MRVL) cheered investors. Early on and the S&P 500 (SP500) was +0.3%, the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) was +0.

U.S. stock indexes are rising toward more records Wednesday after tech companies talked up how much artificial intelligence is boosting their results. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in morning trading to add to what looks to be one of its best years of the millennium.

In the bond market, Treasury yields held relatively steady after a report showed U.S. employers were advertising slightly more job openings at the end of October than a month earlier. Continued strength there would raise optimism that the economy could remain out of a recession that many investors had earlier worried was inevitable.