On July 9, Nova Ltd rose 6.42% in regular trading, trading at $481.15/share, with turnover of $59.05 million. The stock benefited from a broad semiconductor equipment sector rally alongside a recent analyst price target upgrade.

Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Nova from $494 to $540 on July 6, maintaining an overweight rating. The consensus mean price target among analysts polled stands at $603.38, well above current trading levels. This upgrade follows Nova's WMC platform being selected by a global foundry customer as tool-of-record for advanced packaging processes on July 3, a win expected to support multiple production flows and position Nova for further deployment as the customer expands capacity.

Within the Semiconductor Equipment sector, the overall sector posted strong gains. Among individual stocks, KLA-Tencor up 6.87%, Applied Materials up 6.81%, Lam Research up 6.63%, Teradyne up 6.28%, ASML Holding up 3.53%.

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