Tech heavyweights Microsoft Corp MSFT.O and Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD.O rose about 1% each ahead of their earnings reports expected after markets close. General Electric Co GE.N jumped about 7% premarket after the industrial conglomerate offered an upbeat outlook for its business this year and reported a surge in quarterly free cash flow. Few if any changes are expected in the central bank's policy statement at the end of the meeting on Wednesday, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell likely to address inflation in his post-meeting news conference.