The three major U.S. stock indexes closed collectively lower, $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ Dropped by 0.44%, $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ Dropped by 0.28%, $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$Down 0.28%. $Golden Mining (AUMN.US)$Shares dropped, $Newmont (NEM.US)$dropping nearly 7%, $Harmony Gold (HMY.US)$dropping over 6%,$Coeur Mining (CDE.US)$Fell more than 5%,$Kinross Gold (KGC.US)$Dropped by more than 5%. Optical communication concept stocks led the gains, $Lumentum(LITE.US)$up more than 10%,$Applied Optoelectronics(AAOI.US)$up more than 10%,$Coherent(COHR.US)$Rose by more than 7%; Storage stocks showed divergent trends, a hard drive manufacturer, surging over 6%,$Western Digital (WDC.US)$up nearly 4%,$Micron Technology(MU.US)$Stock price dropped by more than 3%.
Top 5 Gainers in U.S. Stock ETFs
$FUNDRISE INNOVATION FUND LLC(VCX.US)$ Surged by over 143.71%, with a trading volume of $26.13 million.
Tradr Daily LITE Bull 2X ETF (LITX.US) Surged by over 20.15%, with a trading volume of $163 million.
This year's OFC sent a strong signal: the explosive growth in AI computing power demand is driving data centers to comprehensively reconstruct their optoelectronic network architectures. During the conference, the debate over 'the roadmap for CPO architecture versus pluggable optical modules' and 'the rise of OCS (Optical Circuit Switching) as a key supplementary layer technology' became the focal points of attention. Lumentum stated that by the end of 2026, the production capacity of Electro-Absorption Modulated Lasers (EML) will increase by more than 50% compared to 2025. Previously, the company had advanced approximately 40% of its Indium Phosphide (InP) capacity expansion plan and predicted that the compound annual growth rate of demand for Indium Phosphide from AI data centers would reach 85% by 2030.
2x Leveraged PL ETF-Defiance (PLU.US) Surged by over 18.16%, with a trading volume of $7.24 million.
Planet Labs' stock rose after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales and issued higher-than-expected guidance for the first quarter and fiscal year 2027.
$MicroSectors Gold Miners -3X Inverse Leveraged ETNs(GDXD.US)$ Increased by over 18.04%, with a trading volume of $90.9362 million.
$Tradr 2X Long COHR Daily ETF(COHX.US)$ Increased by over 14.20%, with a trading volume of $16.962 million.
Top 5 Decliners in U.S. Stock ETFs
$Defiance Daily Target 2X Long RCAT ETF(RCAX.US)$ Decreased by over 22.57%, with a trading volume of $10.7685 million.
MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged ETN (GDXU.US) Decreased by over 17.91%, with a trading volume of $483 million.
$2x Long MP ETF-Leverage Shares (MPG.US) Decreased by over 15.33%, with a trading volume of $418,500.
Amid ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and related energy shocks, the share prices of key metal companies are declining.
$2x Long MP ETF-Defiance (MPL.US) Decreased by over 15.30%, with a trading volume of $1.9228 million.
$2 Times Leverage Alibaba ETF-Direxion (BABU.US) Dropped more than 14.73%, with a trading volume of $2.12 million.
Following the release of Alibaba's latest quarterly earnings, both revenue and profitability fell short of market expectations, particularly due to a significant decline in profitability. The adjusted net profit was only RMB 16.71 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 67%, far below the market expectation of approximately RMB 29.5 billion.
Top 5 Decliners in Major US Equity Index ETFs
$1.5X Ultra-Short VIX Futures Proshares (UVXY.US)$ Dropped more than 4.02%, with a trading volume of $456 million.
$ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY.US)$ Dropped more than 2.80%, with a trading volume of $269 million.
$S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN iPath (VXX.US)$ Dropped more than 2.62%, with a trading volume of $694 million.
$Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares ETF (TZA.US)$ Dropped more than 1.90%, with a trading volume of $1.394 billion.
$3x Leveraged Dow 30 ETF-ProShares (UDOW.US)$ Dropped more than 1.35%, with a trading volume of $234 million.
Top 5 Gainers in Industry-Specific ETFs
$2X Long Energy ETF-Direxion (ERX.US)$ Rose more than 3.29%, with a trading volume of $60.7316 million.
ProShares UltraShort Materials (SMN.US) Surged over 2.57% with a trading volume of $532,400.
$Oil Services ETF-VanEck(OIH.US)$ Surged over 2.41% with a trading volume of $301 million.
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE.US) Surged over 1.59% with a trading volume of $4.095 billion.
US Telecommunications ETF-iShares (IYZ.US) Surged over 1.54% with a trading volume of $78.0601 million.
Top 5 Bond ETFs by Increase
$Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF (TMF.US)$ Surged over 1.76% with a trading volume of $273 million.
$iShares Global Treasury Bond ETF (IGOV.US)$ Surged over 1.10% with a trading volume of $6.0078 million.
SPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETF (BWX.US) Surged over 1.00% with a trading volume of $8.1297 million.
$ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury(UBT.US)$ Surged over 0.91% with a trading volume of $2.1048 million.
$iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF(ISHG.US)$ Surged over 0.82% with a trading volume of $4.1834 million.
Top 5 Gains in Commodity ETFs
$2 times leveraged short Junior Gold Miners Index - Direxion (JDST.US) Up more than 12.87%, with a trading volume of $31.93 million.
DUST.US, the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares ETF Up more than 11.77%, with a trading volume of $109 million.
$Short Gold ETN (Deutsche Bank)(DGZ.US)$ Up more than 9.76%, with a trading volume of $122,100.
$2 Times Leverage Short Gold ETF-ProShares (GLL.US) Up more than 7.72%, with a trading volume of $266 million.
US Treasury prices plummeted after the Bank of England indicated it was ready to take action to address inflation, leading traders to no longer expect any rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year.
This move pushed up yields across all maturities of U.S. Treasuries, with the two-year Treasury yield, which is most sensitive to changes in Fed policy, rising by 13 basis points to 3.9%. Bond traders wiped out bets on U.S. rate cuts this year, with some even hedging against the risk of potential rate hikes in the coming months.
$ProShares UltraShort Silver ETF (ZSL.US)$ Up more than 7.55%, with a trading volume of $661 million.
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