Woofun AI reports that the US data storage sector experienced a broad decline during intraday trading, with Western Digital dropping 4.47% and Seagate Technology falling 4.17%. SanDisk decreased by 2.31%, while Micron Technology slipped 0.96%.

In contrast, most optical communication stocks advanced, led by Corning's 9.75% gain. Ciena rose 3.24%, Coherent increased 2.93%, Lumentum climbed 2.61%, and Nokia gained 1.82%. Marvell Technology fell 2.59%, and Applied Optoelectronics dropped 1.90%.