On July 30, Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bull 3x Shares rose 5.53% overnight, trading at $97.16/share, with turnover of $206 million. The rebound followed an extreme selloff that saw the ETF plunge over 40% from approximately $150 to around $87 across multiple consecutive trading sessions, triggering technical repair demand from deeply oversold levels.
On the news front, multiple institutions noted that semiconductor industry fundamentals have not materially deteriorated despite the violent selloff. UMC reported better-than-expected earnings and raised its capital expenditure budget to approximately $5 billion for the next two years, while Bank of America flagged a mid-to-long-term positioning window for the sector. Short-term capital stepped in at depressed levels, driving the bounce. The fund provides 3x daily leveraged exposure to the semiconductor index, amplifying the magnitude of the rebound accordingly.
Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bull 3x Shares invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments that provide 3X daily leveraged exposure to an index tracking the thirty largest U.S. listed semiconductor companies. The fund is non-diversified.
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