U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Monday as investors geared up for earnings reports from heavyweight technology companies this week, while PayPal jumped after it said it was not interested in buying Pinterest. Tesla Inc. rose 2.6 percent in premarket trading after the electric-car maker raised prices of its Model X, Model S variants by $5,000, while Morgan Stanley boosted its price target on the stock to $1,200 from $900. Facebook Inc. will kick off quarterly results for mega-cap growth names after markets close on Monday, with investors fearing the social media giant’s ad revenue could face the brunt of Apple’s iPhone privacy changes, that hit Snap Inc.’s third-quarter revenue. Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon.com Inc. are all set to report their results later this week. The companies shares, which collectively account for over 22 percent of the weighting in the S&P 500, were mixed in trading before the …
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