Shares of Oracle Corp.
ORCL,
-0.91%
slipped 0.3% in afternoon buying and selling Friday, placing them on observe to increase their dropping streak to 11 periods. That can be the longest such streak since Oracle went public in March 1986, based on Dow Jones Market Data. The database large’s inventory has now tumbled 15.3% because it final gained floor, when it rose 3.8% on Dec. 15 to shut at a report $103.65. Highlighting the dropping streak was the 11.2% drop in two days to Dec. 20, after The Wall Street Journal reported, and Oracle confirmed, that it agreed to purchase medical-records firm Cerner Corp.
CERN,
-0.29%
in a deal valued at $28.3 billion. Despite the record-long dropping streak, Oracle’s inventory has nonetheless run up 35.7% this 12 months, whereas the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF
XLK,
-0.49%
has climbed 34.1% and the S&P 500
SPX,
-0.26%
has superior 27.3%.