LITX is trading at $27.62 (-3.29%) pre-market after Lumentum fell alongside the broader AI-optics group.

  • Applied Optoelectronics’ substantial equity offering raised dilution concerns, triggering sympathy selling across photonics stocks and pressuring LITX’s 2X daily exposure.
  • Renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities, higher oil prices, rising global bond yields, and weaker technology futures are weighing on rate-sensitive growth assets.