On July 16, Applied Optoelectronics fell 5.98% in regular trading, trading at $105.67/share, with turnover of $309 million.

On the news front, the optical communication sector experienced a broad-based selloff, with industry-wide downward pressure weighing heavily on constituent stocks. Within the Communication Equipment sector, Nokia fell 5.69%, Ciena declined 3.74%, Arista Networks dropped 2.80%, Cisco lost 2.24%, and Lumentum slipped 2.16%. Corning fell over 7% and POET Technologies declined over 5% during the session.

The stock had surged over 9% on July 9 driven by AI computing infrastructure tailwinds, but has since entered a sustained pullback. A brief oversold rebound on July 14 has been fully retraced, with short-term profit-taking pressure remaining significant. Investment bank Stifel previously noted that the recent AI hardware selloff should be viewed as a valuation reset rather than demand weakness.

Applied Optoelectronics is an industry-leading fiber-optic networking products provider, serving cable television, fiber-to-the-home, and data center markets.

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