Oracle Corp. Stock Falls Wednesday, Underperforms Market
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Shares of Oracle Corp. (ORCL) slid 1.80% to $89.86 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.02% to 4,696.56 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.74% to 35,753.89. This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses. Oracle Corp. closed $16.48 short of its 52-week high ($106.34), which the company reached on December 10th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) rose 1.81% to $333.20, Adobe Inc. (ADBE) rose 1.16% to $563.98, and Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM) rose 0.10% to $252.80. Trading volume (10.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 9.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled December 22, 2021.
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December 22, 2021 17:15 ET (22:15 GMT)
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