Amazon shares fell 4% in Frankfurt on Friday a day after the retailer's results showed weakness in its cloud computing unit and it forecast and lower-than-expected first-quarter revenue and profit.

Amazon's beat Wall Street's overall expectations with $187.8 billion in net sales, up 10%, and came in well ahead on the bottom line, with earnings of $1.86 per share, vs. expectations of $1.48 for the fourth quarter.

Amazon.com investors drove shares down sharply on Thursday (Feb 6) due to weakness in the retailer's cloud computing unit and lower-than-expected forecasts for first-quarter revenue and profit. Amazon's shares fell as much as 5 per cent in extended trade after the fourth-quarter earnings report,