On October 7, Ciena fell 3.67% in regular trading, trading at $431.94/share, with Turnover of $107 million. The optical communications sector was broadly lower, with renewed concerns over high valuations and slowing AI compute demand weighing on the group.

Within the Communication Equipment sector where Ciena belongs, Lumentum fell 1.58%, Applied Optoelectronics fell 2.04%, Cisco fell 0.19%, Nokia Oyj fell 4.01%, and Arista Networks fell 2.07%. Earlier in the session, Ciena had already declined 3.08% in pre-market trading, indicating sustained selling pressure throughout the day. The stock had rallied in prior days following a series of investment bank rating upgrades and strong fiscal third-quarter results, but the current pullback reflects a broader reassessment of optical networking valuations amid shifting sentiment on AI infrastructure spending.

Ciena Corporation provides hardware and software services for delivery of video, data, and voice traffic metro, aggregation, and access communications network worldwide. The company's Networking Platforms segment offers convergence of coherent optical transport, open optical networking, IP routing, and switching services.

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