Microsoft performs better than expected,
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Microsoft performs better than expected, stock declines in after-hours trading

Software giant Microsoft - the world's fourth-most valuable publicly traded company - beat expectations in its quarterly report on Wednesday evening. The stock was still down in after-hours trading.

Earnings per share were $4.27 during the quarter, compared with the $4.06 analysts expected on average, according to research firm LSEG, CNBC reports.

Revenue came in at $82.9 billion, better than the $81.4 billion expected, according to LSEG.

Sales of the Azure cloud service increased 40 percent, slightly better than analysts expected.

The company's annual revenue from AI now stands at $37 billion, an increase of 123 percent.

Despite this, the stock fell in after-hours trading on the New York Stock Exchange and was down 2.7 percent just over half an hour after the report was released.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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