Royal Caribbean (RCL) jumps 6% after initiating a new $2 billion share buyback plan based on strong demand and growth for the cruise line goliath. Going forward, Royal Caribbean has a total of 69 ships across five brands that travel to all seven continents. Royal Caribbean also has a $1 dividend coming up in the next month.

Profit-taking in Oracle (ORCL) following earnings. Oracle is down 12% even though they easily beat expectations. Sales rose 14% to $16 billion. Oracle was one of the best performers since this summer when they reported a massive cloud backlog. But some investors are concerned about the amount of money Oracle is spending and projected to spend to ramp up their AI business. The stock is back to a six-month low.

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