Shares of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) climbed on Monday after the e-commerce infrastructure provider announced record-setting holiday sales. As of 3:15 p.m. ET, Shopify's stock price was up more than 3% after rising as much as 9% earlier in the day.

Merchants on Shopify's platform generated a record $3.36 billion in Black Friday sales. That's a 17% year-over-year jump, and a 19% increase when excluding foreign exchange fluctuations.

"Black Friday Cyber Monday has grown into a full-on shopping season," Shopify president Harley Finkelstein said in a press release. "The weekend that started it all is still one of the biggest commerce events of the year, and our merchants have broken Black Friday sales records again."

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