Earnings live: Amazon stock soars, Apple pares gains with earnings from AI players to come

Markets wrapped the busiest week for third quarter earnings, highlighted by results from five of the "Magnificent Seven" tech companies: Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG), Meta (META), Apple (AAPL), and Amazon (AMZN). This upcoming week, several AI players will report results, adding to the picture for AI demand and spending. So far, the earnings season is off to a positive start. As of Oct. 31, 64% of S&P 500 companies have reported results, according to FactSet data, and analysts are expecting a 10.7% j ...