Sales amounted to $102.4 billion, equivalent to 965 billion kronor, compared with an expected $99.9 billion. For Alphabet's cloud service, Google Cloud, sales amounted to $15.5 billion, also more than the market had predicted, CNBC reports.
Earnings per share were significantly higher than expected: $2.87 versus the expected $2.26, writes the Bloomberg news agency.
Alphabet's investments during the year, primarily in artificial intelligence, amount to $91-93 billion, according to the company's interim report. This compares with a previous estimate of $85 billion.
The stock rose about 5 percent in after-hours trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
