SOXS is trading at $35.20, up 4.58%, as rising Treasury yields pressure semiconductor stocks.
- Strong September PMI data intensified expectations for an October Federal Reserve rate hike, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield above 5.1%, its highest level since 2007.
- The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 1.19%, while SOXX and memory ETFs declined more than 2% in premarket trading.
- NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Marvell also declined, reinforcing broad sector weakness rather than a single-company catalyst.