On August 18, Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bear 3x Shares rose 11.76% in regular trading, trading at $42.95/share, with turnover of $718 million. The inverse-leveraged semiconductor ETF extended pre-market gains as broad semiconductor weakness intensified during the session.

On the news front, the Asia-Pacific semiconductor sector experienced a pronounced pullback. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Tech Index fell nearly 2% by midday, while A-share chip ETFs dropped over 2% intraday, with increasing divergence within the semiconductor supply chain. The prior session saw the triple-leveraged long semiconductor ETF gain nearly 5%, creating significant short-term profit-taking pressure. Compounding the sell-off, large-model AI concept stocks tumbled sharply, dragging broader market risk appetite lower. As semiconductor bulls concentrated their profit-taking, the reversal amplified SOXS's triple-leveraged inverse exposure to the sector decline.

Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bear 3x Shares invests at least 80% of net assets in financial instruments providing 3X daily inverse exposure to the ICE Semiconductor Index, which tracks the thirty largest U.S. listed semiconductor companies. The fund is non-diversified.

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