Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) is often considered a slow-growth tech giant, but its stock has still rallied more than 260% over the past 10 years. The database software leader impressed investors by expanding its cloud-based services,

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Oracle Corp. regaled Wall Street on Monday with talk about the future, enormous demand and some very large cloud-services contracts, but its stock continued a downward trend over concerns about growing costs associated with building out more data centers.

Oracle also projected adjusted earnings of $1.61 to $1.65 per share, falling short of the $1.79 per share that analysts had anticipated. Beyond the impact of earnings, this is a concerning period for the broader markets,

Shares of Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) are sliding on Tuesday. The stock lost 3.2% as of 2:45 p.m. ET today and was down as much as 7.5% earlier in the day. The drop comes as the S&P 500 declined 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.

Oracle stock took a dive as investors focused on disappointing financial forecasts from management, rather than data showing a healthy backlog of unbooked revenue. Late Tuesday morning, Oracle stock was down 4.