Stocks in New York turned lower a day after market indexes surged after investors were disappointed with the latest batch of earnings. Personal spending also rose more than expected and crude oil price advanced 2%.

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Apple Inc reported first quarter sales increased 12% driven broad gains across all of its products and services and many geographies. The company authorized share buyback program of $90 billion.

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Amazon.com Inc reported first quarter sales increased 7% and marked the sixth quarter of slowing growth in a row. Growth declined from 42% in the last quarter in 2022 to 7% in the first quarter in 2022.

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Tech Rally Lifts Nasdaq 3%, S&P 500 2.5%

Apr 28, 2022
Barry Adams
U.S. stocks rebounded, lifting major averages higher. The Nasdaq index jumped 3% and the S&P 500 gained 2.5%. Investors shrugged off the latest reading of economic growth indicating a decline of 1.4%.

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Twitter reported first quarter 2022 advertising revenues increased 23% and global active daily users rose 16% to 229 million.

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McDonald's reported first-quarter sales increased 11% on strong growth in international locations. The U.S. restaurants same store sales increased 3.5% largely on menu price increases.

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Stocks in New York are looking up after another wave of positive earnings. The Nasdaq Composite Index is expected to open 2% higher and Meta Platforms is 15% up in pre-market trading.

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Cheesecake Factory reinstated its stock repurchase program and quarterly dividend of 27 cents. Quarterly earnings shot up five-fold after all capacity restrictions were lifted at all restaurant concepts operated by the chain.

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Facebook parent Meta Platforms added users in the first-quarter 2022 but net income fell 21% largely on the drop in ad revenues in the U.S. and Canada region.

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Stocks struggle to climb higher after losing momentum in the final hour of trading. The Nasdaq jumped as high as 1.7% but closed down. Microsoft gained 5% and Google declined 4%.

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Skechers USA Inc reported first-quarter 2022 sales increased 27% and earnings rose 23%. The third-largest footwear brand is on track to achieve $10 billion sales by 2026.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc said higher labor and food costs were offset by price increases across the menu. Comparable restaurant sales increased 9% and digital sales account for 42% of total food and beverage sales.

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Boeing dropped on revenue miss and larger loss. CME Group jumped on higher revenues. F5 Inc outlook disappointed. NCR plunged on revenue miss and unexpected loss. CoStar quarterly revenues jumped. Visa lifted annual outlook. Skechers USA revised higher quarterly and annual outlook range.

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Benchmark indexes opened higher a day after the Nasdaq Composite index dropped to a new low in 2022. European markets rebounded and Russia halted gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria. In Asia, indexes in Japan and India dropped but in Shanghai rebounded.



Alphabet Inc, parent of Google, said quarterly revenue growth slowed to 23% from 34% in the year ago period. YouTube revenue growth fell short of expectations and cloud services segment revenues soared 44%.

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