Alphabet stock falls 8% on cloud miss as investors praise Microsoft Azure growth

Shares of Alphabet dipped about 8% when the market opened on Wednesday, a day after the company posted third-quarter earnings that missed analyst estimates for Google Cloud revenue.

"The disappointment at Google Cloud contrasted with better-than-expected Azure growth at Microsoft," UBS analysts said.

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