Salesforce has ruled out a bid for Twitter, sending shares of Twitter's stock to their lowest level since August. "In this case we've walked away. It wasn't the right fit for us," Marc Benioff, chief executive of Salesforce, said to the Financial Times in a report published Friday. Salesforce confirmed Benioff's comments to CNBC and declined to comment further. CNBC has reached out to Twitter for comment.

Twitter shares fell as much as 8 percent and ended the day down about 5 percent. Salesforce shares popped as much as 8 percent, but pared those gains to end the day 5 percent higher.



After reports that companies like Google and Disney had already backed off bids for Twitter, Salesforce had been left as the most likely suitor, the Financial Times reported. But Benioff came under pressure from shareholders, who questioned the match between the social media company and the enterprise technology firm, according to the FT.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Robert Galbraith | Reuters