Amazon easily topped earning expectations for its first quarter, ended March 31, reporting $1.48 per share, above the $1.12 Wall Street expected. Net income rose to $724 million from $513 million in the year-ago period.
Total revenue increased 22.6% to $35.71 billion, above the $35.30 billion that analysts were forecasting. Amazon Web Services accounted for $3.7 billion, up from $2.6 billion in the year-ago period. Sales in North America, Amazon’s biggest market, increased 23.5% to $20.99 billion.
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