On August 12, Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bull 3x Shares surged 10.41% in regular trading, trading at $146.13/share, with turnover of $2.049 billion. The rally was driven by explosive earnings from major memory chip makers and a Morgan Stanley report warning of structural chip inflation.

On the news front, storage giants including SK Hynix, Samsung Semiconductor, Kioxia, SanDisk, and Western Digital successively reported results showing strong revenue growth, fueled by both rising shipment volumes and significant product price increases. Morgan Stanley analysts issued a report stating that surging AI demand is driving memory chip prices sharply higher, with enterprises treating memory chip inflation as a multi-year structural headwind and accelerating procurement to lock in prices. The institution noted that AI data center demand remains robust, with high-capacity storage continuing in a state of shortage, supporting an extended upcycle for the semiconductor sector.

The ETF, which provides 3x daily leveraged exposure to the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index tracking the 30 largest U.S.-listed semiconductor companies, had already gained over 5% the prior session as the underlying index rose more than 1%.

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