April 21 (Reuters) - Amazon's stock rallied to its highest in more than two months on Friday after a research firm predicted the online heavyweight's retail business in North America is set to beat Wall Street's estimates.
Data compiled by YipitData suggests Amazon's March-quarter North American net sales will beat analysts' expectations, and that April sales are also trending ahead of Wall Street's consensus for the second quarter, the research firm told Reuters in an email.
North American net sales account for more than half of Amazon's overall revenues, with international and Amazon Web Services, or AWS, making up the rest.
With Amazon set to report its first-quarter results on Thursday next week, analysts on average see the company's North American net sales climbing 8.5% year over year to $75.2 billion, according to Refinitiv data.
He maintained Amazon's stock as "our Best Idea".