Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) were among the winners as strong cloud infrastructure results from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) seemed to lead investors to believe that Amazon will report similar strength in its cloud unit when it reports first-quarter earnings next Tuesday.

Both of its Magnificent Seven peers also reported strong overall results, sending tech stocks up broadly today, and stoking enthusiasm for Amazon's update next week.

As a result, Amazon stock was up 3.4% at the close on Friday.

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