US Open🚨US100 slides almost 2% amid 11% Microsoft shares crash📉

U.S. index futures opened the session in a sharply risk-off mood. A drop of more than 10% in Microsoft (MSFT.US) following its earnings is weighing heavily on sentiment and dragging major benchmarks lower — especially the US100, which is down close to 2%.

Declines in the U.S. equity market are also weighing on cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has fallen to around $86,000, while Strategy shares are down more than 6%.
Analysts at Switzerland’s UBS raised their price target for Meta Platforms to $872 per share, up from $830 previously. Meanwhile, JPMorgan lowered its price target for Tesla to $145 per share, from $150 previously.
Large losses are also visible across the software sector, where Microsoft’s sell-off is putting pressure on names such as Oracle, Palantir, Intuit, Salesforce, and ServiceNow. Big Tech is broadly weaker as well, with the exception of Meta Platforms: Amazon, Alphabet, and Tesla are down nearly 2%, while Nvidia is off about 1%. Apple (AAPL.US) is scheduled to report after today’s U.S. close; its shares are trading flat ahead of the release.
On the macro side, U.S. factory orders rose 2.7% m/m, beating expectations of 1.3% and rebounding from -1.3% previously. December 2025 wholesale sales also increased by 1.3%, versus expectations for just a 0.1% rebound after -0.4% previously.

US100 (H1 interval)

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The only notable gainers today are essentially Meta Platforms (META.US), IBM (IBM.US), and Lockheed Martin (LMT.US).

Source: xStation5

Microsoft plunges on AI CAPEX?

Microsoft shares slid 11% on 29 January 2026, wiping out several billion dollars of market value as investors fixated on two things: sky-high AI capex and signs of cooling cloud momentum.

The headline numbers were actually strong:
- Revenue: $81.3B, up 17% YoY (ahead of expectations)
- Adjusted EPS: $4.14 vs $3.93 expected
The cloud engine is still growing, but the market is picky about the “rate of change”:
- Microsoft Cloud revenue: $51.5B, up 26% YoY
- Azure growth: +39% (called out as a key driver)
The real shocker was the spending:
- Capex jumped 66% to $37.5B
- Roughly two-thirds of that went into AI GPUs and infrastructure
- Result: operating margins compressed versus last year

Satya Nadella’s message was essentially: we’re early in the AI cycle, and Microsoft’s AI business is already big enough to rival some of its legacy franchises — and the company plans to keep pushing across the full AI stack. So this wasn’t a “bad quarter,” it was a valuation / patience test, so the numbers beat, but the bill for AI build-out is arriving now. Microsoft didn’t pretend the AI story is finished but it made a believable case that today’s spending has a clear path to payback. The bolatility can persist as long as capex stays elevated and margins are pressured. It's not only about the Microsoft but about the broader, software stocks sector. However, the long-term perspective is: if AI features become deeply embedded across Azure and Microsoft’s enterprise software, these investments can translate into durable growth and eventually rebuild investor confidence.

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Microsoft shares - the third-largest U.S.-listed company by market capitalization are down more than 10%. The current discount versus the EMA200 (red line) is now close to 15%.

Source: xStation5

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US Open🚨US100 slides almost 2% amid 11% Microsoft shares crash📉

US100 (H1 interval)

Microsoft plunges on AI CAPEX?

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