On August 6, Fortinet declined 3.73% in pre-market trading, trading at $159.72/share, with turnover of $2.24 million. The decline came as China's Cybersecurity Review Office announced a formal security review of Palo Alto Networks' products sold in China, triggering broad selling pressure across the cybersecurity sector.

According to the official announcement, the review targets all Palo Alto Networks products sold domestically under the Cybersecurity Review Measures, aimed at preventing risks to critical information infrastructure and safeguarding national security. Industry analysis notes that Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Check Point are the three major foreign firewall vendors operating in China, with each deriving approximately 1%-2% of total revenue from the Chinese market. The review is expected to accelerate domestic substitution of foreign cybersecurity products in China.

Within the Systems Software sector, Palo Alto Networks fell 3.35%, ServiceNow declined 3.22%, and Oracle dropped 3.14%, reflecting broad sector weakness. Despite Fortinet's strong Q2 results reported last week — with revenue of $2.048 billion beating estimates by 8.4% and raised full-year guidance — the geopolitical overhang weighed on shares in the near term.

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