Why did Lam Research stock fall on 6 October?
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Lam Research −3.44%
Lam Research fell sharply in the latest session, likely on profit-taking after its AI-driven run. Over the last five trading days it rose slightly, lagging a clearly stronger S&P 500 but moving in line with a sharply higher technology sector. The pullback looks partly like investors reassessing how quickly artificial-intelligence infrastructure spending — the data-center build-out that drives demand for Lam's chipmaking equipment — turns into actual sales, and partly like cooling after B. The company's strong quarterly results and dividend increase, plus its new California warehouse, support the longer-term story, but the next earnings report in late October is the next real test.
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