Semiconductor, Crypto and Optical Shares Fall at U.S. Open

U.S. semiconductor, storage, crypto-related and optical-communications shares all fell at the session open on Oct. 22, according to BIT (bit.com) market data cited by BlockBeats.

Optical names posted the steepest moves

In the semiconductor and storage group, Seagate fell 4.69%, Western Digital 5.77%, Sandisk 4.79%, Micron 3.05%, Nvidia 2.08%, Intel 5.83% and AMD 5.82%. Strategy fell 5.00%, Coinbase 3.83% and Circle 5.08% among crypto-related names.

Optical-communications declines included 7.73% for Applied Optoelectronics, 7.33% for Coherent, 6.95% for Lumentum, 6.32% for Ciena and 8.97% for AXT. The figures were an opening snapshot attributed to BIT, not closing prices.

Read the original BlockBeats flash.