- Baidu shares fell 10.09% this week, significantly underperforming the S&P 500 index.
- The sharp decline was triggered by weaker-than-expected Q2 2026 earnings and subsequent rating downgrades by institutions like Morgan Stanley.
- Despite strong GPU cloud growth and autonomous driving expansions, market anxiety over traditional advertising pressures drove heavy selling.
- During US after-hours trading, Alibaba shares dropped 3.59% due to weaker-than-expected earnings, a 75% surge in capital expenditures, and rising US Treasury yields.
- Amazon shares rose 0.31% driven by the expansion of Prime Air and strong AWS revenue growth, which reached 422.3 billion USD with a 36.7% year-on-year increase.
- JD.com fell 0.44% amid market concerns over EU regulatory scrutiny regarding its acquisition of Ceconomy, despite announcing a major robot strategy investment.