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In pre-market trading on the US stock market, semiconductor, memory, and optical communication sectors continued their decline, with Micron and SanDisk both falling by more than 5%.
According to Mars Finance, on July 8th, based on BIT (bit.com) market data, semiconductor stocks generally fell in pre-market trading in the US. Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 4.46%, Arm (ARM) fell 3.51%, Intel (INTC) fell 3.47%, Lam Research (LRCX) fell 3.11%, and Applied Materials (AMAT) fell 2.85%. The memory sector saw the largest declines, with SanDisk (SNDK) falling 5.59%, Micron Technology (MU) falling 5.28%, Western Digital (WDC) falling 4.53%, and Seagate Technology (STX) falling 4.19%. Optical communication concept stocks also came under pressure, with Astera Labs (ALAB) down 4.57%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) down 4.47%, Credo (CRDO) down 4.42%, Corning (GLW) down 4.22%, Ciena (CIEN) down 3.69%, and Coherent (COHR) down 3.44%.
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