STX earnings boost AI memory optimism; Corning (GLW) slides


Seagate (STX) earnings revived AI memory hopes after hours while Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, SK Hynix and Samsung sold off; Corning (GLW) was among the S&P 500’s worst performers.

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Seagate’s after-hours beat and guidance nudged traders toward a brighter view of AI memory demand, even as Corning finished Tuesday as one of the S&P 500’s worst performers and Micron and Western Digital sold off alongside South Korean peers. Marley Kayden on Schwab Network captured a familiar tension: one earnings print can flip sector sentiment while underlying suppliers show divergent health. For investors, the clip is a reminder that AI tailwinds can quickly reshuffle winners across materials, chips, and storage, but the reshuffle looks uneven.