Wall Street drifted to a mixed close as drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm worked against buoyant fashion and cigarette stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Thursday following healthy gains for stock markets across much of Europe and Asia.

Wall Street is drifting Thursday as gains for fashion brands and cigarette makers help offset drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm following their latest profit reports. The S&P 500 rose

Wall Street is drifting Thursday as gains for fashion brands and cigarette makers help offset drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm following their latest profit reports.

Shares of Qualcomm (QCOM) fell in after-hours trading after the semiconductor and equipment giant announced its first-quarter earnings, which

Despite all these outsized beats, Qualcomm stock took a nosedive about 20 minutes after the earnings release, before the earnings call began. Intellectual property licensing reven

Qualcomm stock is lower Thursday even after the chipmaker reported strong earnings and gave an encouraging outlook. This is what investors need to know.