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Dow Jones futures: After coronavirus fears spurred a stock market rout, Pinterest and ServiceNow rallied on results. All eyes are on Apple, Amazon, Facebook.

Pinterest Inc. is seeing a boom in new users as shut-in DIYers looked for new home improvement projects during the pandemic, and its revenue benefitted from a boycott by many large advertisers of Facebook.

(Bloomberg) — Pinterest Inc. reported quarterly sales that topped analysts’ estimates after advertiser demand bounced back from budget cuts seen during the initial outbreak of Covid-19. The shares surged.Third-quarter revenue jumped 58% to $443 million, the digital search and scrapbooking company said Wednesday in a statement. Analysts, on average, projected $387.8 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The company also predicted that sales would increase about 60% in the holiday quarter, which would be higher than analysts’ projections of 38% growth.Pinterest said it had 442 million monthly users at the end of the period, a gain of 37% from a year earlier and higher than the average estimate of about 431 million. The shares jumped more than 30% in extended trading.Read more: Pinterest Founders Double Their Wealth With Latest Stock SurgeThe San Francisco-based company said in July that revenue growth increased about 50% in the month, though it expected the numbers to decline throughout the quarter. But advertiser demand stayed high during the three-month period ending in September as advertisers adapted to the new reality brought on by the coronavirus. Pinterest specifically cited an uptick in small business advertisers, retailers and large advertisers of consumer packaged goods.Chief Executive Officer Ben Silbermann attributed some of Pinterest’s user growth to the changing environment as more people move communication and activities online. “More than ever before, people are coming to Pinterest to get inspiration for their lives,” Silbermann said in the statement.Pinterest also said it received a boost of almost 4 million monthly active users when young people upgraded their iPhones to Apple Inc.’s new operating system, iOS 14, and used Pinterest to come up with ideas for new background filters.Pinterest’s third-quarter revenue growth is another sign the digital ad industry has returned to pre-Covid levels — an idea that was reinforced last week when Snap Inc. also reported better-than-expected sales. Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Twitter Inc. report earnings on Thursday.(Updates share gain in third paragraph.)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.

E-commerce advertising remains strong, and it looks like brand ad spend rebounded sharply as Q3 progressed.

Pinterest Inc. continued to experience a surge in new users during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to larger-than-expected profit and revenue growth this summer, according to a Wednesday earnings report that sent shares on another ride toward fresh record highs.