On June 25, Kulicke and Soffa rose 5.45% in pre-market trading, trading at $130.0/share, with turnover of $127,200. The stock gained alongside broad strength in the semiconductor equipment sector, with Applied Materials up 6.76%, Lam Research up 6.65%, Teradyne up 5.09%, KLA-Tencor up 4.99%, and ASML up 4.64%.

The rally comes amid growing momentum in advanced packaging demand. Recent market reports indicate that Zhongji Innolight, a leading Chinese optical module manufacturer whose market capitalization recently surpassed Kweichow Moutai, has procured Kulicke and Soffa equipment to advance its semiconductor-grade packaging capabilities and CPO (co-packaged optics) initiatives. This order highlights KLIC's expanding role as critical infrastructure in the AI-driven advanced packaging wave, particularly in thermocompression bonding and hybrid bonding technologies essential for HBM and next-generation GPU assembly.

The broader advanced packaging sector has seen concentrated capital inflows, with market participants pricing in accelerating domestic substitution and cross-border order spillover driven by geopolitical realignment in the semiconductor supply chain.

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