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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the everything e-commerce behemoth and one of the world’s largest companies by market capitalisation. It generates sales from its namesake e-commerce platform, its AWS web server business and countless other complementary services, such as Amazon Prime. The company started from humble beginnings in the late ’90s by Founder Jeff Bezos selling books online. In 1997, Amazon served 1.5 million customers. Today, Amazon serves hundreds of millions of customers through its global e-commerce stores, millions via its AWS cloud server business and touches many more with its technology (e.g. Prime Video, Echo, Kindle).
US stock markets were mostly negative overnight, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones falling after an incredible run of new record closes.
US stock markets finished the week at record highs as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) shares make headlines.
It seems like the Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL) shares are following its discount ‘Down, Down’ campaign as it dropped by 4.8% this morning.
US stock markets fell overnight after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced an evolving view on the threat of inflation.
Shares in Digital Wine Ventures Ltd (ASX: DW8) fell an additional 10% yesterday despite no news or announcements from the company. Here’s what happened.
All three US stock market indices finished the week higher, with big tech stocks like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) driving the market.
Are FAANG stocks like Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google/Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) better than Australia’s blue-chip shares like Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) and Telstra Ltd (ASX: TLS)?
The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) capped off another positive day on Thursday despite a fall in the oil price sending the entire sector down 1.1%. On Friday, the ASX 200 is tipped to open modestly higher at the open, with Woolworths Ltd (ASX: WOW) in focus.
US markets finished broadly higher on Friday, with the Nasdaq leading the way to jump 1.5%. Here’s what you need to know.
