Stock Market Today, June 11: Oracle Falls After AI Spending Guidance Sparks Cash Flow Concerns
Today, June 11, 2026, investors weigh surging AI build-out costs against rapid cloud growth and resilient Wall Street optimism.
Stock Market Today, June 11: Oracle Falls After AI Spending Guidance Sparks Cash Flow Concerns
Overview
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), an enterprise software and cloud services provider, closed Thursday at $184.10, down 8.53%. The stock dropped after its fiscal Q4 earnings beat was overshadowed by guidance for sharply higher AI-related capital spending and negative free cash flow. Trading volume reached 63.1 million shares, about 128% above its three-month average of 27.6 million shares. Oracle IPO'd in 1986 and has grown 290,861% since going public.
The S&P 500 rose 1.73% to finish Thursday at 7,393, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.54% to close at 25,810. Within software and infrastructure names, Microsoft closed at $390.34, down 1.77%, and Salesforce finished at $166.49, falling 2.59%, outperforming Oracle’s steeper decline.
Details
By most measures, Oracle’s Q4 results were excellent:
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