Shares in the e-commerce giant jumped more than 7% in after-hours trade.
Amazon's e-commerce business perked up in the three months to June, after months of lacklustre spending amidst a wider, sluggish economy.
Though known for its online shopping operation, Amazon's financial results are driven far more by units such as its cloud computing business, called AWS, and - in more recent years - advertising. The uptick in Amazon's ecommerce business is an "encouraging sign" for the rest of its year, said Insider Intelligence's principal analyst Andrew Lipsman.
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