On July 10, Applied Materials fell 3.16% in pre-market trading, trading at approximately 572.0 USD/share, with turnover of 25.42 million USD.

The decline comes as the semiconductor equipment sector experiences a broad pullback following the prior sessions nearly 9% surge, which was fueled by concentrated target price upgrades from TD Cowen (to $700), Mizuho (to $650), Stifel (to $650), and CEO Gary Dickersons comments signaling strong long-term visibility into chip equipment demand extending well beyond 2027. Profit-taking pressure after the sharp rally, combined with lingering concerns over AI chip demand sustainability and the overhang from Michael Burrys publicly disclosed short position, are weighing on the sector.

Within the Semiconductor Equipment sector, peers are declining in tandem: Lam Research down 3.19%, KLA-Tencor down 2.73%, Teradyne down 2.96%, Onto Innovation down 2.52%, and ASML down 1.32%.

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