On July 17, Seagate Technology fell 3.31% overnight, trading at $720.84/share, with turnover of approximately $629,400. The decline extends a multi-day rout across the storage sector as market funds aggressively take profits from AI hardware and storage chip high-momentum plays.

The storage sector has endured consecutive sessions of heavy selling pressure. In the prior regular session, SanDisk fell 9.70%, SK Hynix dropped 8.46%, Western Digital lost 8.03%, and Seagate declined 8.02%. Competitive concerns stemming from ChangXin Memory Technologies' massive IPO — China's largest DRAM manufacturer launching its A-share listing with an estimated post-listing valuation exceeding 2 trillion yuan — have intensified profit-taking across global storage names.

Despite JPMorgan raising its price target on Seagate from $920 to $1,095 while maintaining an overweight rating, sector-wide bearish sentiment continues to overwhelm bullish institutional calls, limiting the sustainability of any rebound attempts.

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