On September 23, KLA Corporation fell 3.06% in regular trading, trading at $182.18/share, with turnover of $130 million. The decline came as the semiconductor equipment sector reversed its recent rebound and pulled back broadly.
Within the Semiconductor Equipment sector, all major peers declined in tandem. ASML Holding fell 2.23%, Applied Materials fell 2.14%, Lam Research fell 3.54%, AXT Inc fell 2.67%, and Teradyne fell 3.71%. The sector-wide retreat follows a multi-day rebound that had been fueled by JPMorgan raising its wafer fabrication equipment market growth forecast for the coming years and oversold conditions after sharp losses earlier in September. Market commentary has characterized the prior recovery as predominantly a technical oversold bounce rather than a signal of renewed demand, suggesting the rebound lacked follow-through catalysts. Separately, Director and executive Richard P. Wallace recently filed to sell 72,019 shares valued at approximately $12.38 million.
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