Amazon’s Stock Skyrockets: Q3 Beat, Cloud and AI Boom Fuel Rally
On Oct. 30, Amazon shares hovered in the $223–228 range during the dayts2.tech. They opened lower and were down about 1% intraday, tracking broader tech weakness. Yet when Amazon smashed expectations after the close, the stock surged over 10% in extended tradinggeekwire.com. Overall, AMZN’s 2025 performance has been lackluster – up only ~4% YTDts2.tech versus double-digit gains for Microsoft, Google and Apple. In fact, CNBC’s Jim Cramer bluntly called Amazon the worst performer of the “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks this yeartechbuzz.ai. For perspective, over the past five years Amazon is up ~44% vs. 1,521% for Nvidiabusinessinsider.com.