Stocks were maintaining solid gains on Friday despite giving back a large slice of their opening gains that followed an unexpected interest rate cut by China’s central bank along with strong quarterly results from many of the top names
Microsoft CorporationMSFT reported first quarter 2016 earnings per share adjusted for Windows 10 deferrals and currency effect of 67 cents, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 58 cents. Shares jumped 7.9% in after hours trading, adding to the
In early trading on Friday, shares of Microsoft ( MSFT ) topped the list of the day’s best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 11.2%. Year to date, Microsoft registers a 14.9% gain. And the worst