Amazon declines to comment on report of bid interest in UK’s Ocado

LONDON (Reuters) – A spokesperson for Amazon declined to comment on Thursday on a Times newspaper report that highlighted talk of potential bid interest in British online supermarket group Ocado.

Ocado shares were up 43% by 0923 GMT on the London Stock Exchange following the report.

(Reporting by James Davey and Muvija M, Editing by Kylie MacLellan)