On August 3, Western Digital fell 4.3% in regular trading, trading at $514.235/share, with turnover of $376 million. The storage sector saw broad-based selling pressure, with peers including SK Hynix, SanDisk, and Seagate Technology all declining over 3%.

On the news front, Western Digital had rallied approximately 9.42% in the prior week, driven by strong earnings expectations and Wedbush raising its target price from $540 to $650 while maintaining an Outperform rating. With the company scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter results on August 5 after market close, with consensus EPS expectations of $3.24, investors moved to lock in gains ahead of the earnings window. Additionally, concerns over intensifying supply competition from new market entrants weighed on sector valuations.

Within the Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals sector, Seagate Technology fell 7.64%, SanDisk fell 5.71%, Dell Technologies fell 3.10%, Apple fell 0.30%, while IONQ rose 1.23%.

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