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NASDAQ:AAOI 5 January 2026 - 22 June 2026

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) rises as investors look past tech selloff to AI optics capacity clue

Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) rises as investors look past tech selloff to AI optics capacity clue

Applied Optoelectronics shares rose on Monday as investors bought back into one of the year’s most volatile AI-infrastructure names, even as the broader technology tape weakened. Applied Optoelectronics traded at $174.41, up $12.56, with volume above 10.5 million shares in afternoon dealings. That matters now because the move came on a day when the Nasdaq Composite was down more than 1%, pressured by weakness in megacap technology stocks. Investors are still questioning the cost of hyperscaler infrastructure spending — hyperscalers are the very large cloud companies building AI data centers — but the market is drawing a sharper line between cloud platforms and the component makers that sell into the buildout.
22 June 2026
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Applied Optoelectronics stock slips into holiday weekend as AI optics trade cools

Applied Optoelectronics stock slips into holiday weekend as AI optics trade cools

Applied Optoelectronics shares head into the week ahead on the back foot after a sharp reversal in a holiday-shortened U.S. trading week, with investors reassessing one of the year’s hottest AI-infrastructure optics trades. The stock closed Thursday at $161.85, down 3.3% for the session, after rising 13.3% on Monday and then falling for three straight sessions. From the prior Friday’s $169.05 close, the shares lost about 4.3% in the four-session week.
20 June 2026
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Coherent Corp Stock: BofA’s $400 Call Puts AI Optics Back in Play

Coherent Stock Is Surging Again — Here’s Why Wall Street Is Chasing AI’s Hidden Bottleneck

Coherent Corp. shares jumped about 17% in Tuesday midday trading, putting the photonics and optical-networking supplier back at the center of Wall Street’s AI infrastructure trade. The stock was last quoted at $425.44, up $62.54, after touching $433.12 earlier in the session. The move stood out against a calmer tape. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, a widely used proxy for the U.S. benchmark index, was up about 0.2%, suggesting the rally was less about the whole market and more about a fresh chase into companies tied to AI data-center buildouts.
2 June 2026
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Applied Optoelectronics Stock Slides After Q1 Revenue Miss: AI Optics Boom Faces Wall Street Test

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Slides After Q1 Revenue Miss: AI Optics Boom Faces Wall Street Test

SUGAR LAND, Texas, May 7, 2026, 16:01 CDT Shares of Applied Optoelectronics dropped over 10% in early after-hours moves Thursday, as the optical-networking firm turned in first-quarter revenue and a second-quarter forecast that both missed analyst expectations—taking some air out of what’s been a popular AI-infrastructure play. Still, revenue increased 51% from the prior year, coming in at $151.1 million.
8 May 2026
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Applied Optoelectronics Stock Jumps 17%: Why AAOI’s AI Optics Rally Faces a May Test

Applied Optoelectronics Stock Jumps 17%: Why AAOI’s AI Optics Rally Faces a May Test

Shares of Applied Optoelectronics surged 17.7% Friday, as the optical networking name kept riding a hot AI-infrastructure wave ahead of its upcoming first-quarter earnings report. The stock finished the session at $162.17, with volume hitting roughly 13.9 million shares. AAOI’s shift is notable—this stock now trades as a more focused play on the essential fiber hardware powering artificial intelligence. Its optical transceivers, the key gear shuttling data along fiber links, are what heavy AI computing relies on inside sprawling data centers, where speed and lower latency aren’t optional.
24 April 2026
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AAOI stock surges 57% after Applied Optoelectronics’ record quarter — what to watch next week

AAOI stock surges 57% after Applied Optoelectronics’ record quarter — what to watch next week

New York, Feb 28, 2026, 14:38 EST — The market has closed. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. surged 56.9% Friday, finishing at $84.23 after snapping back from Thursday’s 7.9% decline. The fiber-optics company drew traders back in with fresh results and guidance, sparking volume to jump: over 24.6 million shares traded, more than quadruple the prior session.
28 February 2026
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Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) stock jumps nearly 18% on Oxford Instruments Texas expansion deal

Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) stock jumps nearly 18% on Oxford Instruments Texas expansion deal

New York, Jan 28, 2026, 13:01 — Regular session Applied Optoelectronics Inc shares surged nearly 18% on Wednesday following Oxford Instruments' announcement that it secured a plasma equipment supply deal linked to the U.S. optical components firm's expansion in Texas. By 12:45 p.m. EST, the stock had climbed roughly 17.8% to $44.05, hitting a session high of $44.25.
28 January 2026
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  • Arabica Coffee Gains as Brazil Rains Slow Harvest; Robusta Drops
    June 29, 2026, 4:28 PM EDT. Arabica coffee prices climbed 1.68% Monday with harvest delays in Minas Gerais, Brazil, after rains about 20 times the average hit the region and hurt crop quality. Robusta coffee fell 1.74% as inventories hit a 2.75-month high, helped by more supply from Vietnam. Arabica stockpiles in ICE warehouses slid to a 2.25-year low, giving prices another boost. Worries about a possible 'Super El Niño' added to buying on arabica, with traders alert to more potential disruptions for Brazil and Asia. Longer-term, forecasts still call for a record Brazil crop in 2026/27 and rising exports, but near-term weather and smaller stocks have traders cautious, and arabica has pushed higher.
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