Cloud Giant Oracle Shares Soar 40 Percent, Eyes $1 Trillion Market Cap

Oracle is partnering with the ‘who’s who’ of artificial intelligence, Oracle CEO Safra Catz said.
Cloud Giant Oracle Shares Soar 40 Percent, Eyes $1 Trillion Market Cap
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison delivers an opening keynote address at the 2011 OpenWorld Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2011. Stephen Lam/Getty Images
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Shares of tech giant Oracle soared by almost 40 percent midweek, marking the biggest one-day rally in more than 30 years after topping Wall Street expectations.

The enterprise software and cloud company reported after the closing bell on Sept. 9 a 359 percent increase in the value of its remaining performance obligations, totaling $455 billion. This figure indicates future revenues from signed contracts.
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