On August 17, Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X Shares rose 8.64% in regular trading, trading at $34.9099/share, with turnover of $236 million. As a 2X leveraged ETF tracking Micron Technology, the fund amplified the underlying stock's gains driven by a confluence of bullish catalysts across the storage sector.

On the news front, New Street upgraded Micron Technology from neutral to buy, raising its target price from $470 to $1,250. Simultaneously, Q2 holdings disclosures revealed that JPMorgan, UBS, and Morgan Stanley all significantly increased their Micron positions, with JPMorgan naming it their largest buy and UBS listing both Micron shares and call options among top-five purchases. Additionally, Elon Musk publicly endorsed storage as the core bottleneck of autonomous AI, specifically naming Micron among key beneficiaries. The broader storage sector saw sustained momentum, with Sandisk's prior better-than-expected guidance fueling sector-wide gains.

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