📊 Daily Gainers & Losers — Sep 16, 2026
📚 Past 3 days: 15 Sep · 14 Sep · 11 Sep
84/84 tickers with data
Top 5 Gainers
- 🟢 SMTC (Networking / Optical) +11.03% — $167.55 — Unveiled the TDS2621LP SurgeSwitch for 24V industrial-robotics power buses, adding to momentum in its optical/AI data-center business
- 🟢 LITE (Networking / Optical) +9.59% — $919.40 — Optical complex rallied after Ciena unveiled a 30% revenue CAGR target through 2029 at its investor forum; AI-optics leader rode the group move
- 🟢 CRDO (AI / Accelerators) +7.38% — $161.49 — AI-connectivity names bid up on Ciena's bullish long-term targets; showcasing new optical/copper interconnects at AI Infra Summit 2026 this week
- 🟢 COHR (Networking / Optical) +6.92% — $289.93 — Ciena's 30% CAGR target through 2029 lifted the whole photonics group; fresh AI optical-networking pitch at the Six Five Summit this week
- 🟢 ALAB (AI / Accelerators) +6.59% — $269.18 — Rallied with the AI-connectivity/optical complex on Ciena's long-term targets and renewed AI-infrastructure buying after Monday's selloff
Top 5 Losers
- 🔴 ON (Analog / Power / Industrial) -9.02% — $66.60 — Sell-the-news after its Financial Analyst Day in NYC: laid out a 2030 strategy for a $213B power/sensing TAM but no detailed numeric financial targets; ~1.7x volume
- 🔴 SWKS (Mobile / Wireless) -4.90% — $85.59 — Profit-taking after Monday's +13.5% merger-driven surge; the Skyworks–Qorvo deal still targets an early-2027 close
- 🔴 IBM (Software) -4.38% — $237.49 — Long-duration tech hit as the 10-yr yield held above 5% with Fed rate-hike bets persisting; no fresh company news, still digesting July's pre-earnings warning
- 🔴 QRVO (Mobile / Wireless) -3.46% — $113.97 — Merger-partner sympathy pullback with Skyworks after Monday's +9.3% spike; arb traders banked profits on the pending combination
- 🔴 NXPI (Analog / Power / Industrial) -3.26% — $218.98 — Analog/auto semis sold off in the rotation toward AI-optical names; MCHP -2.7% in sympathy, no company-specific news
*Data verified: all 84/84 rows timestamped 2026-09-16 (ET regular close ~20:00 UTC) — single clean session; 49 up / 35 down / 0 flat. NXPI and TSM pct values were cross-checked against v8 chart bars (v7 quote was dividend-adjusted for those two) — NXPI -3.26% and TSM +0.96% are the true close-to-close moves. Tape: sharp risk-on reversal in AI/optical after Monday's AI-slowdown essay scare (Amodei/Altman/Musk) and Tuesday's risk-off session; Ciena's investor forum (30% revenue CAGR through 2029) was the day's sector catalyst, while the 10-yr yield near 5% and a Fed rate-hike cycle kept long-duration tech and analog/auto semis under pressure. Saved to `/opt/data/web_output/daily-gainers/2026-09-16.md`.*