REUTERS/Mike Blake; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI
Amazon will report second-quarter earnings on Thursday after the closing bell.
Top of mind for investors will be any commentary on Amazon's recent Prime Day sales event, as well as the growth rate of its advertising business and whether its AWS cloud unit is still the leader in the space.
Amazon's stock was up 23% year-to-date through Wednesday's close, outpacing the the S&P 500's 16% gain.