On June 2, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF (SOXS) fell 8.47% in pre-market trading, trading at $5.7295/share, with trading volume of approximately $53.33 million. As a triple-leveraged inverse semiconductor ETF, the sharp decline reflects a broad rally in the underlying semiconductor sector.
On the news front, the global semiconductor sector surged as institutions reaffirmed an upcycle thesis. WSTS forecasts the global semiconductor market will reach $975 billion in size, representing over 25% year-over-year growth, with logic chips and memory markets growing 32.1% and 39.4% respectively. SEMI projects global 12-inch front-end wafer fab equipment spending will rise 18% year-over-year to a record $133 billion. Additionally, Huawei unveiled its Tau Law at the International Circuits and Systems Symposium, marking the first time a Chinese company has proposed a guiding principle for global semiconductor development, further boosting sector sentiment.
The fund invests at least 80% of net assets in financial instruments providing 3X daily inverse exposure to an index tracking the thirty largest U.S. listed semiconductor companies. The fund is non-diversified.
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