Trade negotiations are expected to support a major rebound in the U.S. stock market, with the S&P rising for seven consecutive days, Microsoft and Meta jumping after hours, and Crude Oil Product experiencing its largest monthly drop in over three years.
The S&P and Dow Jones continue to hit new highs over the past four weeks, but have declined for three consecutive months. Tesla fell over 3% but rose nearly 9% in April; Super Micro Computer and Snap both dropped over 10%. After the U.S. GDP report, the two-year U.S. Treasury yield reached a new three-week low, while Gold narrowed most of its losses, marking a two-day decline but has increased for four months. The USD has fallen for four months; the Euro achieved its largest monthly increase in over three years; Bitcoin rose over 10% in April. During the session, Crude Oil Product fell 4%, and Copper dropped over 7%.
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Microsoft's Earnings Reports exceeded expectations across the board, with strong growth in Cloud Computing Business, resulting in a post-market stock price surge of over 8%.
①Microsoft's revenue for the third quarter of the 2025 fiscal year was 70.07 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 13%, exceeding the Analyst's expectation of 68.42 billion USD; ②The revenue for the Azure Cloud Computing division grew by 33%, surpassing the market expectation of 29%, with the Intelligent Cloud division's revenue at 26.8 billion USD, exceeding the expectation of 26.17 billion USD.
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In the first quarter, Meta's total revenue and advertising revenue growth both slowed to 16% year-on-year, still stronger than Analyst expectations, with EPS earnings exceeding expectations by 22%; daily active users of social media apps grew 6%, surpassing expectations; revenue from the Metaverse business declined by 6%, but the loss was 7% lower than expected. Meta's revenue guidance for the second quarter met expectations, while the upper end of this year's capital expenditure guidance was raised by nearly 11% to $72 billion, and the lower end was raised by nearly 7%. Meta stated that the upward revision partly reflects increased investments in Datacenter to support AI development. Meta's stock rose by 6% in after-hours trading.
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The cloud division aids Microsoft in exceeding revenue and profit expectations, with capital expenditures lower than last quarter, resulting in an after-hours increase of over 9% | Earnings Reports Insights.
The Earnings Reports indicate that Microsoft's quarterly revenue and profits both exceeded expectations, with total revenue growing by 13% to reach 70.1 billion dollars, and adjusted EPS of 3.46 dollars. Azure Cloud Computing Service revenue grew by 33%, surpassing expectations, partly due to a new cloud service commitment reached with OpenAI. In the third fiscal quarter, Microsoft's capital expenditures, including leases, were below the previous quarter for the first time in over two years. The significant surge in after-hours trading has resulted in Microsoft's stock price increasing year-to-date.