On July 20, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (SOXS) fell 9.12% in regular trading, trading at approximately $49.96/share, with turnover of $637 million.

On the news front, the global semiconductor sector staged a sharp oversold rebound following days of heavy selling triggered by South Korea's Financial Services Commission tightening single-stock leveraged ETF regulations. The Korean regulator raised the minimum margin requirement from 10 million won to 30 million won and banned new product listings, which previously caused SK Hynix to plunge over 11% and Samsung Electronics to fall more than 8%, pushing the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index into technical bear market territory. With the Korean market reopening after a holiday closure, multiple institutions signaled that the correction was nearing its end, fueling stabilization expectations and triggering a broad semiconductor recovery.

As a 3x inverse leveraged ETF tracking the 30 largest U.S.-listed semiconductor companies, SOXS mechanically amplifies losses when the underlying sector rebounds, explaining the magnitude of its decline.

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