The last thing technology investors probably expected was a cold shower, given the Nasdaq's recent hot streak. But Microsoft gave them one on Thursday when the software group announced the first fall in full-year sales in its 24 years as a public company. Microsoft's numbers missed Wall Street's already-downbeat fourth-quarter forecast by more than $1bn. On Friday, stock prices continued to drop across the sector, while Microsoft's shares extended an 8 per cent after-hours fall.
鑑於那斯達克指數最近一路飆升，科技股投資者最不想要的可能就是一盆冷水。但微軟(Microsoft)上週四就給他們潑了這麼一盆冷水：這家軟體集團宣佈，上市24年來首次出現全年銷售收入下滑。微軟的數據較華爾街已經頗爲悲觀的第四財季預測還低10億多美元。上週五，科技類股繼續全線下跌，微軟擴大了盤後交易中8%的跌幅。
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