Amazon posts strongest-ever holiday season

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of online retailer Amazon.com Inc rose more than 2 percent on Wednesday after the company said the 2007 holiday season was its strongest to date.

On Dec 10, its busiest day during the season, the retailer said shoppers ordered more than 5.4 million items, or 62.5 items per second.

The company also said it sold about 17 of Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii video game systems per second when they had them in stock.

Shares of Amazon were up $2.13, or 2.3 percent, to $93.14 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq Composite Index.

(Reporting by Justin Grant, editing by Mark Porter)