Amazon says Prime Day orders jump 60 percent over last year

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An Amazon logo is seen on a worker's jacket at an Amazon Fulfilment Center in Wroclaw, Poland, in this file photograph dated December 3, 2015.  REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/files
An Amazon logo is seen on a worker’s jacket at an Amazon Fulfilment Center in Wroclaw, Poland, in this file photograph dated December 3, 2015.

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Amazon.com Inc said customers placed 60 percent more orders worldwide on “Prime Day” shopping event on Tuesday, compared with a year earlier.

The online retailer said it sold the most number of Amazon devices on a single day and Fire TV Stick was its best-selling device.

Amazon’s shares were up 0.7 percent at $753.71 in early trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Don Sebastian)