On October 16, Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X ETF fell 5.24% in Regular Trading, trading near $196.67, with turnover of $50.3137 million.
The move coincided with renewed pressure on high-valuation technology and semiconductor shares as stronger-than-expected US inflation, retail sales, and producer price data, together with hawkish signals from Federal Reserve officials, lifted concerns about additional rate hikes.
Background context indicates the Nasdaq had previously fallen 1.88%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 4.3% and logged a sixth straight decline. Individual chip names also weakened, with Applied Materials down more than 6% at one point and Micron Technology and SK Hynix broadly softer. As a triple-leveraged bullish technology ETF, Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X ETF can amplify underlying sector pullbacks into larger net asset value swings.
The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in instruments including swaps, index securities, and ETFs that together seek to provide 3X daily leveraged exposure to a domestic technology-sector index. It is non-diversified.
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