On July 9, Applied Optoelectronics rose 5.12% in pre-market trading, trading at 120.0 USD/share, with turnover of approximately $3.836 million. The rebound follows a sharp pullback earlier in the week when the stock declined nearly 6% intraday on July 7.

On the news front, the optical communication sector staged a broad rally, with Lumentum up over 3%, Ciena up over 2%, and semiconductor and storage names strengthening simultaneously, lifting tech stocks overall. Fundamentally, Classone Technology recently secured a record number of Solstice S8 orders from Applied Optoelectronics, highlighting the accelerating scale-up of photonics technology for AI data centers and providing underlying support for the company's growth trajectory.

Within the Communication Equipment sector, Lumentum gained 3.44%, Ciena rose 2.14%, Nokia Oyj added 2.0%, Arista Networks climbed 1.4%, and Cisco edged up 0.18%.

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