By Khadija Saeed
Publication Date: 2025-12-15 15:08:00
Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) stock is in the spotlight early in the week following a sharp selloff in AI-related names last week, with investors balancing two forces pulling in opposite directions: a massive backlog of cloud and AI contracts that could alter Oracle’s growth profile, and the heavy infrastructure spending – and financing issues – required to make it happen. [1]
As of midday on Monday, Dec. 15, Oracle shares fell about 2.5% to about $185, after trading as high as about $191 earlier in the session – another reminder that ORCL has become one of the market’s most sensitive “tell” stocks for AI sentiment as the year ends. [2]
Oracle stock price performance: Why ORCL fluctuates so much
Oracle’s recent trading was marked by unusually large moves for a large-cap software and cloud company. Reuters market commentary on Dec. 15 called the stock increasingly “meme-like,” pointing to a one-day rise of 36% in September and a decline of about 15% from…
