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Shares of Oracle Corp. rose 5.0% to $178.34 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.3% to 7,041.28 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 48,578.72.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
Oracle Corp. closed 48.4% short of its 52-week high of $345.72, which the company reached on September 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Microsoft Corp. rose 2.2% to $420.26, Alphabet Inc. Cl C fell 0.5% to $332.77, and Alphabet Inc. Cl A fell 0.33% to $336.02.
Trading volume totaled 46.5 million, compared to the 50-day average of 29.0 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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April 16, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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