Amazon Stock Soars to Record High as AWS and AI Fuel Rally – Is $3 Trillion Next?
Amazon shares jumped about 10% to record highs in late October after Q3 earnings beat estimates, adding hundreds of billions to its market cap. Revenue rose 13% to $180.2 billion, while AWS sales grew 20%. Amazon announced 14,000 corporate layoffs and settled an FTC case for $2.5 billion. The company raised its holiday-quarter sales outlook to as much as $213 billion.