金曜日の株価先物はテック株の決算発表と為替の関係で、時間外取引で大幅上昇。ダウ先物は150.8ポイント、ナスダック100先物は119.7ポイント、S&P 500先物は23.2ポイントのの大幅高。
小型株のラッセル200先物は12.4ポイントと異常な強さを示した。
時間外取引で、アルファベット（グーグル）は11%、アマゾンは10%、マイクロソフトも10％とそれぞれ大幅な上昇で、新高値更新。
Stock futures hammered out powerful gains ahead of Friday’s open, boosted by tech-sector earnings reports and global currency issues. Dow futures swept up 150.8 points and were rising.
Nasdaq 100 futures flew at high altitude, up 119.7 points. S&P 500 futures showed a strong 23.2-point gain. Small caps showed unusual strength, with Russell 2000 futures rising 12.4 points.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Google’s parent company, spelled out an 11% premarket gain after stomping analyst consensus expectations late Thursday. A 16% EPS gain, a 15% rise in revenue and a $5.1 billion share buyback initiative were all part or the third-quarter package. Paid click volume, a carefully monitored metric, jumped a better-than-expected 23%. Alphabet finished Thursday’s regular session a bit less than 5% below a 713.33 buy point in a 14-week cup base.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) held up a 10% advance ahead of Friday’s open after soaring in extended trading on Thursday. The diversified online and tech service giant’s Q3 results showed a 17 cent-per-share profit vs. consensus expectations for a 10-cent loss. Revenue leapt 23%, also better than expected; the closely watched cloud service unit, although only 8% of total revenue, saw sales surge 78%. The stock ended Thursday still in buy range, less than 3% above a 549.88 buy point in a cup-with-handle base.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) also scaled up 10%, reporting late Thursday that its fiscal Q1 earnings outpaced consensus projections. A 3% EPS gain easily topped estimates. Revenue fell 7%, less than forecast. The stock closed out Thursday’s session in buy range, less than 1% past a 47.64 buy point in a cup-with-handle base.
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