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A surge in Amazon stock Friday gave the Nasdaq enough momentum to obscure Apple slump. Beneath the surface of the Nasdaq composite’s 1% gain was a tug of war between Apple stock, which fell 7.4%, and Amazon’s which surged 15%. The post-earnings slide, Apple’s largest since 2014, followed company forecasts for its September quarter that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.
Analysts raised Amazon price targets to as high as $400 after AWS growth of 37% drove a 15% single day surge.
Amazon's accelerating cloud revenue helped investors look beyond a $220 billion capital-spending plan and negative free cash flow.
The e-commerce giant, which saw shipping costs escalate at the highest rate in more than three years, did not specify the amount it could reimburse.
By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian July 31 (Reuters) - Wall Street climbed on Friday, lifted by Amazon as the tech heavyweight's strong quarterly report bolstered investor confidence in AI-related
Amazon stock is racing toward its best trading day in more than a decade following its Q2 results. A strong performance from its cloud-computing division is helping ease fears that the tech giant could lose ground to rival offerings from Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet. "Amazon Web Services finally saw the long-awaited growth inflection, shooting to the top of the cloud wars as AI quarter-to-quarter revenue mimics Anthropic's meteoric rise," Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik wrote to clients Friday following Amazon's report.
The major indexes fell and AI stocks dived through midweek, partly on soaring oil and yields, but Microsoft and Amazon provided support.
Amazon completed its $50 billion investment in OpenAI when it fulfilled its commitment on a remaining infusion of $35 billion promised at the time that the ChatGPT maker met certain criteria.
Wall Street found stronger returns behind soaring investment.
Apple and Amazon both shattered records on the same night, yet Wall Street rewarded one with a rally and punished the other with a selloff. The reason comes down to where each company bets its future.
Amazon's (AMZN) AWS business saw 37% revenue growth this most recent quarter. Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley chats with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi about the results and future growth.
Apple (AAPL) stock continues to drop on Friday while shares of Amazon (AMZN) surge since the two tech giants posted earnings results yesterday. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley and Trustless Media Founder Zack Guzman take a closer look at the key figures that Apple reported in its earnings release.
The e-commerce and cloud giant topped second quarter expectations as accelerating cloud growth at Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped drive strong results.
The e-commerce and cloud giant topped second quarter expectations as accelerating cloud growth at Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped drive strong results.
The company said refunds were limited because it stockpiled inventory ahead of tariffs and is not the importer of record for most goods in its store
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Friday even as Apple dives on a weak sales forecast. Amazon stock surges on earnings.
Amazon shares jumped more than 12% before the bell on Friday after the e-commerce and cloud giant posted its strongest cloud growth in over four years, bolstering investor confidence that its multibillion-dollar AI bets are driving a fresh wave of demand. The rally put Amazon on track to add about $300 billion in market value, as investors looked past a 10% increase in planned capital expenditure to $220 billion and instead focused on booming demand at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the profit engine at the center of the company's AI push. The reaction was in sharp contrast to Alphabet's earnings last week, when the Google-parent's shares stumbled after it reported its first negative cash flow, which stemmed from rising AI-related spending.
The tech rebound has legs. Stock futures were rising early Friday as the technology sector looked set to end a bad July on a positive note despite disappointing earnings from Apple. S&P 500 futures rose 0.
<body><p>STORY: :: Archive</p><p>What if your next driverless taxi had no steering wheel? That may soon become a reality.</p><p>Amazon-owned Zoox has won the first U.S. approval for commercial deployment of a robotaxi built without traditional human controls.</p><p>The approval came from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA...</p><p>allowing the company to begin charging for rides in Las Vegas once it completes state requirements.</p><p>Here's NHTSA administrator Jonathan Morrison.</p><p>"Since our standards get into performance requirements for specific aspects such as braking performance, they provided information and we received public comment, and we made that determination that their vehicle as equipped, can meet all of those requirements and in fact, exceed those."</p><p>The vehicle looks very different from a conventional car.</p><p>It's an electric, carriage-style robotaxi with two rows of inward-facing seats and a top speed of 75 miles per hour.</p><p>Federal officials say Zoox can deploy up to 2,500 vehicles in each of the next two years.</p><p>The move comes as companies including Alphabet's Waymo and Elon Musk's Tesla race to expand driverless ride-hailing services across the U.S.</p><p>The green light comes with added oversight.</p><p>U.S. regulators say the firm must report issues including crashes and inappropriate stops.</p><p>Authorities also retain the power to revoke the exemption if major safety concerns emerge.</p></body>
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, July 31 (Reuters) - Asian markets rallied hard with Wall Street on Friday as South Korea's battered market made a record comeback, stirring hopes that a recent rout in AI-related
Amazon's Q2 2026 results showcase robust growth across all segments, with AWS revenue surging 36.7% and operating income up 43%, despite headwinds from rising costs and capacity constraints.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares jumped Thursday after the company delivered stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings, with investors and analysts praising accelerating Amazon Web Services profitability as evidence that returns on artificial intelligence investments are beginning to materialize. Cramer Calls Amazon ‘Astonishing’ After AWS Delivers CNBC host Jim Cramer called the results “astonishing,” in a post on X, though he said Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) remains the standout am
South Korean stocks jumped 17%, leading the region’s equity markets higher, as chip and technology shares climbed.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported second-quarter revenue of $200.6 billion, up 20% year over year excluding foreign-exchange effects, while operating income rose 43% to $27.5 billion. CEO Andy Jassy highlighted accelerating growth at Amazon Web Services, expansion in faster retail delivery and groce
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