On August 18, Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bull 3x Shares declined 5.37% in pre-market trading, trading at $140.24/share, with turnover of $46.4169 million.

On the news front, the ETF surged over 5% in the prior session after semiconductor Q2 earnings released strong bullish signals, prompting broad profit-taking. Meanwhile, institutional selling pressure intensified as 13F filings revealed that UAE-based Mubadala Investment Company fully exited its Broadcom position and SoftBank slashed its TSMC holdings by 71.5%, weighing on valuations of heavyweight semiconductor stocks at elevated levels.

Additionally, Hong Kong-listed semiconductor stocks opened high but sold off sharply during the session, with AI model concept names declining significantly, reflecting broader global tech sector pressure that further dampened sentiment across the chip space.

The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments that provide 3X daily leveraged exposure to the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index, a modified float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index tracking the thirty largest U.S. listed semiconductor companies. The fund is non-diversified.

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