On August 18, the three major US stock indexes fell for a second consecutive day, but the storage chip and optical communication sectors bucked the trend and strengthened. SanDisk rose nearly 9%, Western Digital gained more than 5%, and Coherent climbed nearly 8%. Driven by AI computing demand, the storage industry’s outlook is moving upward; the chip index rebounded 1.6% and returned to a bull market. It may also indicate that funds are redeploying to the technology hardware sector during the adjustment period. $BNB is for information purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.