Amazon declines to comment on report of bid interest in UK’s Ocado

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LONDON (Reuters) – A spokesperson for Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) declined to comment on Thursday on a Times newspaper report that highlighted talk of potential bid interest in British online supermarket group Ocado (LON:OCDO).

Ocado shares were up 43% by 0923 GMT on the London Stock Exchange following the report.