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MSFT Sep 2024 395.000 put
| Previous close | 17.45 |
| Open | 18.66 |
| Bid | 23.20 |
| Ask | 23.55 |
| Strike | 395.00 |
| Expiry date | 2024-09-20 |
| Day's range | 18.66 - 22.99 |
| Contract range | N/A |
| Volume | |
| Open interest | 10.8k |
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April was a losing month for tech stocks. Here's why
Stock market indexes (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) cap off the last day of trading in April, closing lower this session and over the past month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell off by 570 points in Tuesday's session. Yahoo Finance Senior Markets Reporter Jared Blikre reviews the losses seen across sectors and declines in mega-cap tech market caps in the month of April. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
ReutersAI fuels cloud computing boom for tech giants
Three of the Wall Street's heavyweight technology firms have reported better-than-expected sales at their cloud computing units in recent days, as interest in artificial intelligence drives a rebound in spending by corporate customers. Growth in the $270 billion cloud infrastructure market, a cash engine for Amazon.com, Microsoft and Alphabet, gives the clearest sign yet that AI investment is bearing fruit after investors drove those stocks to record highs, thanks to optimism about the emerging technology. Many big customers have started spending again on cloud computing after pausing last year to cut costs, executives and analysts said.
Barrons.comAmazon Stock Jumps on Strong Growth for AWS
Amazon com posted better-than-expected first-quarter financial results, driven by strong growth in the company’s AWS cloud computing business and impressive advertising demand. Microsoft and Alphabet last week posted better-than-expected growth in their cloud computing businesses, each beating Wall Street’s estimates by several percentage points. Amazon Web Services revenue was $25 billion, up 17%, about two percentage points better than Street estimates, and the best growth in four quarters.
