Microsoft stock surges on strong quarter, record cloud revenue - Yahoo Finance
Microsoft stock rose over 15% following a strong quarterly earnings report that exceeded Wall Street expectations. The company's Azure cloud service surpassed $100 billion in revenue, and capital expenditures were lower than anticipated.
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Microsoft stock surges on strong quarter, record cloud revenue Ines Ferré and Daniel Howley Thu, July 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM EDT 1 min read MSFT +0.95% GOOG +4.92% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
What happened: Microsoft ( MSFT ) surged more than 15% on Thursday.
What's behind the move: The software and cloud giant reported fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat Wall Street's estimates on the top and bottom lines as its Azure service topped $100 billion in revenue for the first time.
Microsoft said it spent $41 billion on capital expenditures, including leases, in the quarter, below the anticipated $42 billion.
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