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Commercial vehicle retailer Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSH.A) reported Q1 CY2025 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, but sales fell by 1.1% year on year to $1.85 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.73 per share was 1.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Manufacturing equipment and systems provider Advanced Energy (NASDAQ:AEIS) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 23.6% year on year to $404.6 million. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($420 million at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 5.4% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.23 per share was 16.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

A ban on de minimis exemptions will go into effect Friday and allows imports under $800 to be duty-free.

Electrical construction and infrastructure services provider MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 2.2% year on year to $833.6 million. Its GAAP profit of $1.45 per share was 23.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Dental technology company Align Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, but sales fell by 1.8% year on year to $979.3 million. The company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $1.06 billion, coming in 0.8% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.13 per share was 7.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

The reports appeared to boost demand for shares in AI chip leader Nvidia Corp, which rose 2.8% in late trading, and chip rival Advanced Micro Devices, which rose 2%. Shares in Amazon.com, which competes with Microsoft in cloud-computing and is due to report results on May 1, were up 3% with strong after-the-bell volume. Shares in Microsoft soared more than 6% in late trading after it topped quarterly revenue expectations on strong Azure cloud-computing growth, reassuring investors its hefty AI investments were paying off.

The S&P 500 rose 0.2% on Wednesday, April 30, with stocks rallying late in the session to maintain its seven-day winning streak.