On October 7, AXT Inc fell 5.28% in pre-market trading, trading at $79.67/share with turnover of $10.5543 million. The decline follows recent strength in the optical communications and semiconductor materials space, where AXT operates, as the sector faces profit-taking pressure after a sustained rally.

On September 29, the optical communications sector rallied broadly, with AXT Inc gaining 7.95% that day. Institutional commentary highlighted that optical chips represent a segment with the highest technical barriers and core domestic substitution opportunities in the optical communications supply chain, and that continuous breakthroughs in high-end optical chip technology could open a new cycle of rising volumes and prices. The current pre-market pullback is consistent with a broader cooling of momentum in the group.

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