Meta, Microsoft reports strong profits despite the uncertainty in the trade war | Technology news

Technology giants beat Wall Street, weeks of fluctuations in American stocks.

Tech Giants Microsoft and Meta have published better results than expected in the first quarter of the year, as it provided some violations to investors after months of turmoil launched by the war of US President Donald Trump.

Meta, the parent company for Facebook and Instagram, recorded a net profit of $ 16.64 billion, or $ 6.43 per share, for the period from January to March-an increase of 35 percent on an annual basis.

Revenue increased by 16 percent, ended at 42.31 billion dollars and higher than Wall Street expectations of about $ 41.4 billion.

Microsoft recorded a net profit of $ 25.8 billion, or $ 3.46 per share, and an increase of 18 percent on an annual basis.

The company’s revenues amounted to 70.1 billion dollars, an increase of 13 percent year on an annual basis and before analysts’ expectations.

Both companies cited artificial intelligence (AI) as a major growth engine, helping to alleviate investor concerns about the potential slowdown in the demand for prosperous technology.

Meta recently combined artificial intelligence tools into its advertising works, which is the source of its higher revenues, while Microsoft has reported strong growth in cloud computing work.

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, which has also invested heavily in artificial intelligence, was informed last week of a quarter -annual revenue better than 90.23 billion dollars.

The results are a boost for the American technology sector, which has been the stock prices on a journey to rotate since Trump returned to the White House on January 20.

The market value of the best seven American technology companies – Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, Apple and Alphabet – 24 percent, or 4.2 trillion dollars, in the first 100 days after the opening of Trump.

Trump’s tariff, including 145 percent in China, has disrupted from business and unrestleted investors, and who are impatiently awaiting his following moves after announcing a 90 -day halt from the so -called “mutual” duties targeting almost all countries.

The US Department of Commerce said on Wednesday that the American economy was shrinking 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025.

In a profit call with investors, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Mita was “in a good position to move in total economic uncertainty” in recent months.

The company also released an independent application of artificial intelligence this week, Metaai, and plans to spend between $ 64 billion and $ 72 billion on capital expenditures in 2025 to complete construction on data centers.