On July 20, Ciena rose 3.16% in regular trading, trading at $391.3/share, with turnover of $55.67 million. The rebound was driven by the optical communication sector stabilizing after consecutive sessions of correction.

The sector had rallied sharply on July 9 following reports that NVIDIA is advancing an ultra-high capacity long-distance transmission network project with an estimated three-year investment of $5 billion to $10 billion. However, profit-taking pressure combined with a major shareholder securities sale disclosure on July 15 triggered sustained selling from July 13 through July 17. Communication equipment peers broadly recovered on July 20, with Lumentum up 5.47%, Applied Optoelectronics up 2.98%, Nokia up 1.28%, and Arista Networks up 1.0%.

On the fundamental side, Ciena reported mid-year revenue of $2.998 billion, up 36.38% year-over-year, with net income surging 588.26%. Multiple institutions maintain overweight ratings on the stock.

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