The Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bear 3x Shares (SOXS) ETF experienced a 24-hour plunge of 5.67% during Thursday's trading session. As a leveraged inverse ETF designed to deliver three times the inverse daily performance of semiconductor stocks, its decline directly reflects strong positive momentum in the underlying semiconductor sector.
The sharp drop in SOXS was driven by a broad rally across semiconductor stocks, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rising above the 10,000-point mark for the first time in history and extending its winning streak. Multiple semiconductor companies reported positive developments, including Texas Instruments surging after forecasting second-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations, anticipating boosted demand for its analog chips amid the data center boom.
Additional positive sector news included Nokia reporting better-than-expected results and raising its growth outlook, STMicroelectronics indicating a recovery is underway with strong first-quarter revenue growth, and Intel securing Tesla as the first major customer for its latest chip manufacturing technology. These collective bullish updates for semiconductor companies created significant downward pressure on the inverse SOXS ETF during the trading session.
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