U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leaped 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 2.5%. The Nasdaq composite rose 640.16 points, or 2.5%, to 25,809.66.
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Wedbush Cuts Oracle Target, Sparks Fresh Fears Over $40B AI Spending Plan
All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Thursday, as chip stocks rebounded
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Oracle shares tumbled 12% on Thursday as surging spending and a ballooning debt load fanned investor concerns about the cash burn in the company's push to build out AI infrastructure. A smaller player in the cloud-computing industry for a long time, Oracle has in recent months seized massive data-center deals with OpenAI and Meta to compete more forcefully with rivals, such as Amazon and Microsoft. But Oracle lacks the large cash flows that have primarily funded the tech giants' outlays, forcing it to burn cash and sell debt instruments at a time its traditional software business is under pressure from the very AI tools it plans to support through its cloud.
Stocks looked poised for a rebound today, as investors shrug off mounting U.S.-Iran tensions and Oracle earnings that highlighted the huge cost of the AI boom.
Oracle’s guidance overshadows growth from the cloud, inflation could keep Fed on “prolonged hold,” SpaceX stock gets its first analyst, and more news to start your day.
Oracle shares fell in the Thursday premarket after the company reported mixed earnings results for its fiscal fourth quarter after the Wednesday bell. Oracle also said that its capital expenditures for the current fiscal year would be around $70 billion, plus another $20 billion to $25 billion paid directly by customers. In its just ended fiscal 2026 year, Oracle’s capex was $56 billion, up from $21 billion in fiscal 2025.
Investing.com -- Shares in SAP (NYSE:SAP) (ETR:SAPG) dropped more than 4% after rival Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) unveiled capital spending plans for fiscal 2027 that came in well above Wall Street expectations.
Oracle expects a net cash outlay for capital expenditures of around $70 billion for fiscal 2027, Chief Financial Officer Hillary Maxson said Wednesday. The reported amount will be higher by about $20 billion to $25 billion due to prepayment and customer impacts.
Oracle Corp (ORCL) reports a robust Q4 with significant gains in cloud infrastructure and AI contracts, despite challenges in gross margins and competitive pressures.
The U.S. launched fresh strikes on Iran on Wednesday, even as the war in the Middle East has stretched over 100 days now.
On the call today are Chief Executive Officer, Mike Cecilia, and Chief Executive Officer, Clayton Magouyrk, and Chief financial officer, Hilary Barbara Maxson. A copy of the press release including financial results tables, supplemental financial metrics and guidance are now available from the Investor Relations website.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) reported a record fiscal fourth quarter and outlined plans for another year of heavy capital investment as executives said demand for AI infrastructure, cloud database services and cloud applications is driving a sharp increase in contracted future revenue. On the company’s fourt
Oracle shares slid 6% in after-hours trading following an earnings report showing that the software and cloud-computing company spent more than expected on capital projects last year. Oracle, whose fiscal year ends in May, reported $55.
The stock market is at critical levels amid AI fears, Trump comments. Oracle earnings beat late. The SpaceX IPO is about to begin its countdown.
Oracle (ORCL) heads into its next earnings release on June 10 with plenty of reasons for investors to be concerned. The company has become one of Wall Street’s greatest bets on artificial intelligence infrastructure, but that has also elevated the stakes. Oracle is pouring money into growing its ...
President Donald Trump's administration has awarded Oracle a contract to provide a U.S. government-wide HR platform, according to a statement, making the company a partner in its effort to overhaul federal technology systems. Oracle will provide a cloud-based HR platform to replace the individual systems of agencies, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said in a statement on Wednesday. OPM is the federal government's HR office. OPM did not provide the total value of the contract.
Cloud infrastructure growth and customer demand remain key areas of focus.

The AI trade continues to stand on unsteady ground this week as semiconductor stocks waver. Oracle's (ORCL) fiscal fourth quarter earnings are due out after Wednesday's market close, which could ultimately be a tipping point for the AI sector. JonesTrading chief market strategist Michael O'Rourke speaks with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi about his outlook on the AI sector.
Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) is set to report its earnings on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Heading into the results, the stock has experienced notable pressure, dropping roughly 8% over the past five days as investors heavily scrutinize the company's ability to successfully monetize its generative AI tools.
Oracle Corporation will release earnings for its fourth quarter after the closing bell on Wednesday, June 10. Analysts expect the company to report quarterly earnings of $1.96 per share, up from $1.70 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus...
U. S. equity futures traded lower on Wednesday as investors assessed renewed military action between the United States and Iran while awaiting a closely watched inflation report and quarterly results from software giant Oracle (NYSE:ORCL).
Investors are counting down to the end of the week when Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expected to start trading in what could be the largest IPO on record. Also, investors are looking ahead to Wednesday's inflation data and Oracle results after the bell.
Oracle reports fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon as it continues to disrupt its own legacy software business with cloud software and services. Wall Street analysts are expecting the company to report $1.96 in adjusted earnings per share, up from $1.70 the year before. With sales of its mature business software stalled, in 2019 Oracle began running the Microsoft cloud-pivot playbook.
Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton breaks down what investors should be on the lookout for on Wednesday, June 10, including earnings from Oracle (ORCL), Chewy (CHWY), and May's CPI report.
Most people don't think about Oracle the way they think about Nvidia or Broadcom. It doesn't have the same flashy artificial intelligence (AI) narrative. It started as a CIA database project in 1977. For decades, it was the unglamorous but indispensable backbone of enterprise computing. Then the ...
Oracle reported Q4 results after the bell on Wednesday.
Oracle will report its Q4 results after the bell on Wednesday.