Why Amazon Stock Rose Today
Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) are up a modest 2.4% as of 1:30 p.m. EDT on Monday -- which may not sound like much, but on a $1.7 trillion stock, it equates to an additional $40.8 billion in market capitalization.
Why are Amazon shares up so much?
To find out, let's go back in time to Friday afternoon, when buy now, pay later (BNPL) stock Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ: AFRM) announced that Amazon will begin allowing customers to choose its service as a payment option during checkout.
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