S&P/ASX 200 on track for seventh consecutive month of gains Amazon on Thursday released first-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ expectations, with sales soaring 44% year-over-year to US$108.5 billion and profits more than tripling to US$8.1 billion. Brent crude oil price rose 1.3% to US$68.16 a barrel on Thursday. S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) dipped 0.60% to 7,039.5 points by 12.51 pm even as US markets rose overnight on strong corporate earnings data. Locally, this is a second weekly decline a row, but the ASX 200 remains firmer for the month with a gain of 3.6%. This would make it a seventh straight month of gains with the market rising about 20% in this time.