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午間要聞：蘋果第二財季每股盈餘與營收皆超預期，並提高股利；五角大廈與7家人工智慧公司達成協議

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-- 週五上午交易時段，美國三大股指均上漲，華爾街希望以積極的姿態結束動盪的一周。 公司新聞方面，蘋果（AAPL）週四晚間公佈了第二財季業績，稀釋後每股收益為2.01美元，高於去年同期的1.65美元，也高於FactSet預期的1.95美元。第二財季營收為1,111.8億美元，高於去年同期的953.6億美元，也高於FactSet預期的1,094.6億美元。蘋果董事會將季度股利提高0.1美元至每股0.27美元，並將於5月14日支付給5月11日登記在冊的股東。董事會也批准了額外的回購計劃，回購至多1,000億美元的普通股。蘋果股價在午盤前後上漲了4.5%。 美國國防部週五表示，已與七家最大的人工智慧公司達成協議，在其機密網路上部署這些公司的人工智慧技術。五角大廈表示，已與Alphabet（GOOG，GOOGL）旗下的Google、英偉達（NVDA）、微軟（MSFT）、亞馬遜（AMZN）旗下的亞馬遜網路服務（AWS）、SpaceX、OpenAI和Reflection達成協議。 Alphabet的C類股和A類股分別下跌0.1%和上漲0.1%。英偉達、微軟和亞馬遜的股價分別下跌0.3%、上漲1.7%和1.7%。 埃克森美孚（XOM）週五公佈了第一季調整後每股收益為1.16美元，低於去年同期的1.76美元，但高於FactSet預期的0.98美元。第一季營收及其他營收為851.4億美元，高於去年同期的831.3億美元，也高於FactSet預期的811.3億美元。埃克森美孚股價下跌0.8%。 雪佛龍（CVX）週五公佈了第一季調整後每股收益為1.41美元，低於去年同期的2.18美元，但高於FactSet預期的0.97美元。第一季營收及其他營收為486.1億美元，高於去年同期的476.1億美元，但低於FactSet預期的518.6億美元。雪佛龍股價下跌1.2%。 閃迪（SNDK）週四晚間公佈了第三財季調整後每股收益為23.41美元，高於去年同期的虧損0.30美元，也高於FactSet預期的14.62美元。第三財季營收為59.5億美元，高於去年同期的17億美元，也高於FactSet預期的47.2億美元。該公司預計第四財季調整後每股收益為30美元至33美元，營收為77.5億美元至82.5億美元。 FactSet調查的分析師預計，這兩家公司的營收分別為233.8億美元和66.2億美元。 SanDisk股價下跌0.5%。

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