On July 30, Lumentum rose 5.04% in pre-market trading, trading at $632.9/share, with turnover of $20.42 million. The stock is rebounding sharply after consecutive sessions of heavy selling pressure that saw it decline over 15% from recent highs.
On the news front, US stock index futures rallied broadly with Nasdaq 100 futures climbing 1%, while AI concept stocks, storage stocks, and optical communication stocks all advanced in pre-market trading. Microsoft surged 9% pre-market, reigniting positive sentiment across AI-related hardware names. The recovery comes after the optical communication sector suffered a severe multi-day selloff driven by concerns over AI infrastructure capital expenditure pacing, triggered by Corning's disappointing Q3 guidance where core sales forecast merely matched consensus at the upper end.
Within the Communication Equipment sector, Applied Optoelectronics rose 5.74%, Nokia gained 5.47%, Ciena advanced 3.62%, Arista Networks climbed 2.90%, and Cisco added 1.05%, indicating a broad-based sector recovery. Lumentum's next earnings report is scheduled for August 11 after market close, with consensus EPS expectations of $2.62.
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