WSJ Tech News Briefing · Friday, July 31, 2026
Amazon's stock saw a significant rise of over 15%, driven by its report of accelerating cloud computing sales. This surge in Amazon's performance helped to offset the broader tech market's decline, largely influenced by Apple's substantial stock drop.
“the tech-heavy Nasdaq is up slightly at nearly 0.9%, Apple's decline is being offset by Amazon's more than 15% rise following its report of accelerating cloud computing sales.”