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Amazon stock jumps as AWS sales rise 37%

Amazon's stock rose more than 6 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after the company reported second-quarter revenue above $200 billion and strong growth in its cloud and artificial intelligence-related businesses.

Amazon said revenue increased 20 percent from a year earlier to more than $200 billion. Amazon Web Services sales rose 37 percent to $42.2 billion.

The company said its AI cloud and chips businesses each grew by triple-digit percentages and each exceeded a $25 billion annual revenue run rate, a measure of recurring sales.

Amazon said it would hold an earnings call with analysts later Thursday.

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Amazon's stock rose more than 6 percent in after-hours trading.

Amazon said its AI cloud and chips businesses each grew by triple-digit percentages.

Amazon said its AI cloud and chips businesses each exceeded $25 billion annual revenue run rates.

Source note: AFP news report published on 30 July 2026 at 20:59:39 UTC.

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Amazon said second-quarter revenue rose 20 percent from a year earlier to more than $200 billion.

Amazon Web Services sales rose 37 percent to $42.2 billion.

The company reported growth in cloud, artificial intelligence and chips divisions.

Source note: AFP news report published on 30 July 2026 at 20:33:07 UTC.

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