Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT, .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -1.90% sank 2.5% in premarket trading Thursday, after the software behemoth lowered its fiscal fourth-quarter guidance for profit and revenue to reflect and “unfavorable” currency impact. The company revised its earnings-per-share estimate for the quarter to June 30 to $ 2.24 to $ 2.32 from $ 2.28 from $ 2.35, …<\/p>\n
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\n sank 2.5% in premarket trading Thursday, after the software behemoth lowered its fiscal fourth-quarter guidance for profit and revenue to reflect and “unfavorable” currency impact. The company revised its earnings-per-share estimate for the quarter to June 30 to $ 2.24 to $ 2.32 from $ 2.28 from $ 2.35, with the new guidance below the FactSet EPS consensus of $ 2.33. The revenue outlook was lowered to $ 51.94 billion to $ 52.74 billion from $ 52.40 billion to $ 53.2 billion, with the new range below the FactSet consensus of $ 52.90 billion. The revised outlook comes after the US Dollar Index DXY,
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\n has rallied 4.9% over the past three months and surged 13.6% over the past year. Microsoft shares have shed 19.0% year to date through Wednesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
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\n has declined 9.7%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n