Amazon shares soared more than 11 percent as trading got underway on Friday after it reported better-than-expected earnings,driven by surging demand for its cloud computing services

Amazon shares soared more than 11 percent as trading got underway on Friday after it reported better-than-expected earnings,driven by surging demand for its cloud computing services

Wall Street stocks moved higher on Friday as investors welcomed strong earnings reports by Amazon and Apple.

But Europe and Asian stock markets mostly fell at the end of a fluctuating week as traders reacted to company earnings, central bank decisions and a tentative US-China trade truce.

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