Apple shares slid about 2% after the company forecast a gross margin of 45% to 46% for the December quarter, below analyst estimates, citing higher memory costs and Siri AI expenses. A decline would be the third straight quarter of lower margins, despite stronger-than-expected revenue and iPhone results.

John Ternus led his first earnings report as CEO.
The September gross margin of 47.9% followed 50.1% in the June quarter.
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Alphabet shares slid 10.2% in premarket trading after Q3 results, Reuters reported (Investing.com, updated 6:00 AM AST). Alphabet's release shows Search & other revenue of $63.35B, up 12%, and free cash flow of negative $9.065B; CNBC says Search came in below estimates and FCF was far worse than the $2.70B deficit analysts expected. Nasdaq 100 futures were down about 1% at 5:18 AM AST while Microsoft rose 3.6%, per Reuters.