Oracle shares rose 6% in premarket trading on Friday after stronger-than-expected quarterly results and an upbeat outlook helped ease investor concerns over the cloud computing company’s debt-funded artificial intelligence spending. The enterprise software giant reported first-quarter revenue of $19.35 billion, ahead of the $19.14 billion consensus estimate from LSEG. Net income reached $4.7 billion, up
The situation continues to deteriorate for TripAdvisor’s stock. It fell to a record low of $8.82 on Thursday, extending a downward trend that started in 2014, when shares peaked at $98.80. Most notably, the current price is far below the $17.50 that a mystery buyer, speculated to be Apollo, had offered for the company. TripAdvisor’s
The US Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in August, accelerating from a 0.1% increase in July and adding to pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy at its meeting later this month. The increase in headline CPI was in line with the Dow Jones consensus forecast. Prices were also 3.4% higher in August
Enbridge stock has suffered a sharp drop this week, falling to its lowest level since February, following some notable company announcements. Its US-listed shares have now declined for seven straight weeks and are down 16.50% from their high for the year. So, is it safe to buy the dip? Why Enbridge stock has slumped Enbridge
US stocks rose Friday as investors looked to recover from four consecutive sessions of declines, with easing oil prices helping sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 520 points, or 1%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.9% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.8%. The rebound came after the major averages posted four straight daily declines.
Santa Clara-headquartered Oklo Inc (OKLO) is slipping on Friday morning after the nuclear-tech company announced a massive new equity offering program. In a press release this morning, OKLO disclosed an equity distribution agreement that enables it to issue and sell up to $1 billion worth of its common stock through a syndicate of ten major
Adobe (ADBE) stock opened lower on September 11, and D.A. Davidson senior analyst Gil Luria believes the decline was justified. Luria rates the software giant a Buy and has a $250 price target on the stock. “Adobe has been characterized as an AI loser,” he admitted in a recent interview with CNBC today. But it’s
SpaceX (SPCX) stock rose more than 1% on Friday to around $149 after initially slipping, extending its recovery from this week’s decline as investors digested another major artificial intelligence compute agreement. The latest contract could add $1.11 billion in monthly revenue beginning December 1, according to CFO Bret Johnsen, who disclosed the agreement at Goldman
Investors are heading into next week’s Federal Reserve meeting with expectations of a rate hike at their strongest levels in months after August inflation data showed that price pressures remain stubbornly high. The Consumer Price Index released Friday showed headline inflation rising 0.4% in August from July and 3.4% over the past year. Both readings
Gold prices edged higher on Friday but remained on course for a third straight weekly decline as investors waited for US consumer inflation data that could decide whether the Federal Reserve raises rates next week. Spot gold rose 0.4% to about $4,338 an ounce in Asian trading, after sliding sharply on Thursday. Bullion is still