The tech giant Microsoft exceeded market expectations in its quarterly report for the latest quarter.
The profit per share was $3.65, compared to the $3.37 expected according to the forecast from the analysis company LSEG, reports CNBC.
The turnover landed at $76.44 billion, while expectations were at $73.81 billion. The turnover increased by 18 percent compared to the same period a year ago.
After the announcement, the share rose by over 7 percent in after-hours trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company's cloud service "intelligent cloud", including the cloud platform Azure, had a turnover of $29.9 billion.
