Prime Video has more than 200m subscribers globally and Day reportedly said that the "churn" of people leaving its Prime service had been "much less" than the e-commerce giant anticipated.

Year-to-date Amazon shares are still up nearly 20%.

JD Wetherspoon (JDW.L)

Back in the UK, shares in pub chain JD Wetherspoon were little changed, despite the business reporting that sales had hit $2bn in the 2024 fiscal year ended 28 July.

That represented nearly 6% growth on 2023, while profits before tax "after separately disclosed items" was 33% lower at ￡60.6m.

Wetherspoon also brought back its dividend for the first time since before the pandemic, with the recommended payout coming in at 12p per share.

Chairman Tim Martin reiterated an estimate that the company "has potential for about 1,000 pubs in the UK".

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In the results, Martin also hit out at a proposal that had been circulating that pubs should sell beer in quantities of two-thirds of a pint, instead of the traditional size, calling it "slightly daft".

Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor, said: "Even though some of the metrics have surpassed pre-pandemic levels, overall profitability has been hamstrung by a number of subsequent headwinds in the meantime, such as the previously noted 'ferocious' inflationary pressures, particularly in regard to energy, food and labour, although more recently some of these pressures have started to ease."

"The market consensus of the shares as a strong hold reflects some conviction in Wetherspoon's ability to continue to fight its corner, while also adding some caution into a challenging mix,” he added.

EVgo (EVGO)

Shares in US electric vehicle (EV) charging company EVgo surged on Thursday, closing the session up nearly 61%, after the company company received a conditional $1.05bn commitment from the Department of Energy to scale its charging network.

The company said that access to this low-cost financing would facilitate its building out of around 7,500 additional fast charging stalls across the US. If the financing is finalised, EVgo said it expected to complete the deployment of these new stalls by 2030.

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EVgo estimated this buildout project would create more than 1,000 jobs, more than 700 of which would be contracted roles.

“EVgo shares the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of increasing EV charging access in the communities that need it most,” said Badar Khan, CEO at EVgo.

“This historic investment would meaningfully accelerate our network expansion to provide public charging to EV drivers across the United States,” he added.

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