Attention is on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Friday morning after the software giant’s quarterly figures were ahead of Wall Street’s expectations.
The positive performance in the fourth quarter, revealed after Thursday’s market close, was boosted by the group’s increasingly import Azure cloud computing unit.
Microsoft had adjusted revenues of US$24.7bn, and net income amounted to US$7.7bn.
Professional networking web operation LinkedIn, however, was a drag as it remained loss making.