Artificial Intelligence News 25 December 2025 - 26 December 2025

NEW YORK — As of 12:46 p.m. ET on Friday, December 26, 2025, Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) is trading during regular U.S. market hours, with investors navigating a post-holiday session where liquidity can be thinner and headline sensitivity higher than usual. Oracle stock price today: ORCL steadies while the broader market is roughly flat Oracle shares are changing hands at about $199, up modestly versus the prior close and moving within an intraday range of roughly $196 to $200 (with midday volume in the millions of shares). The broader tape is close to flat in midday trading—an important backdrop because

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) is closing out 2025 with the kind of volatility normally reserved for pure-play AI startups, not a 47-year-old enterprise software heavyweight. Shares are down about 30% so far this quarter, putting the stock on pace for its steepest quarterly decline since 2001, according to market reporting that tracked the move against Oracle’s early-2000s drawdowns. StockAnalysis The selloff has been fueled by a single, recurring question: Can Oracle finance—and execute—an AI data-center buildout big enough to meet demand without crushing its cash flow and balance sheet? That concern has only intensified as Oracle’s ambitions expand beyond the cloud.