The US markets closed mixed on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve announced it will halt its asset purchasing program in March as planned, in time for an expected interest rate hike. Microsoft rallied 2.85% on Wednesday after the tech giant provided a forecast that reassured investors that the company?s Azure cloud-computing business still has the ability to drive growth. A spotlight on Mattel as the toymaker jumped 4% yesterday after announcing that it has won back the licence to make toys based on the Walt Disney princess lineup including Frozen, 6 years after rival Hasbro won the licence off Mattel. After the closing bell Tesla reported fourth quarter earnings results that beat market expectations including quarterly revenue jumping 65% to 17.72 billion US dollars.
VIDEO: Tesla reported Q4 results after the closing bell, revenue surged 65%
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