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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) rose more than 3% in aftermarket trading following the report.
Amazon reported Q2 EPS $0.94 on revenue of $143.1 billion, beating estimates of $0.58 on revenue of $141.53B.
Net sales in North America rose 11% to $87.9B year-on-year in Q3.
Amazon Web Services, its cloud business segment, grew revenue 12% to $23.1B, slightly missing estimates of $23.2B, but operating income jumped to 29% to $6.98B.
Advertising revenue jumped 26% to $12.06B from a year earlier.
Looking ahead to Q4, the company forecast revenue in a range of $160B to $167B, in-line with expectations of $167.2B.
