Amazon earnings recap: Stock up after hours as company reports revenue, EPS beats

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• Amazon reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday.
• The tech giant beat revenue forecasts and gave strong fourth-quarter sales guidance.
• Amazon's stock rose 6% in volatile after-hours trading.

Amazon's third-quarter earnings beat estimates and it gave strong guidance for the current quarter on Thursday, sending shares up after the closing bell.

Net sales for Q3 hit $158.9 billion, outperforming the consensus analyst estimate of $157.3 billion...