Salesforce (CRM) shares are sinking after Wednesday's market close as the cloud computing company reported mixed first-quarter earnings results. Salesforce posted $9.13 billion in revenue ($9.15 billion expected) and gains of $2.44 per share ($2.38 per share expected). The downward stock pressure is heavily attributed to Salesforce's miss on second-quarter forecasts. The company is raising its full-year outlook Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton weigh in on Salesforce's guidance and commentary from CEO Marc Benioff. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
The major indexes fell Wednesday even with Nvidia on the cusp of a new milestone. Salesforce plunged late on weak sales and guidance.
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