On July 17, Ciena fell 3.41% in regular trading, trading at approximately $366.81/share, with turnover of $3.6 billion. The decline was driven by the dual headwinds of a major shareholder's planned share sale and a continued sector-wide retreat in optical communication stocks.

On the news front, Ciena disclosed on July 15 a filing indicating a major shareholder's intention to sell securities. Meanwhile, the optical communication sector has been under sustained selling pressure since its collective surge on July 9, which was catalyzed by NVIDIA's ultra-high capacity long-distance transmission network project. Profit-taking pressure has yet to be fully released. Peers broadly declined on the day, with Lumentum down 5.98%, Applied Optoelectronics down 5.7%, Arista Networks down 5.01%, and Nokia down 4.05%. Investment bank Stifel previously noted that the current AI hardware sector selloff should be viewed as a rational valuation correction rather than a signal of weakening demand.

On fundamentals, Ciena's latest interim report showed revenue of $2.998 billion, up 36.38% year-over-year, with net profit surging 588.26%. Multiple institutions maintain overweight ratings.

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