On June 29, Viavi Solutions fell 5.12% in regular trading, trading at $44.995/share, with turnover of $38.215 million. The decline was driven by continued broad weakness across the communication equipment sector combined with ongoing dilution concerns from the company's previously announced stock offering.
The communication equipment sector experienced widespread selling pressure, with Ciena down 7.82%, Lumentum down 6.95%, Nokia down 6.38%, and Applied Optoelectronics down 3.79%, creating sector-wide downside momentum. Viavi had previously announced an approximately $500 million common stock underwritten public offering, with proceeds intended to repay its $450 million Term Loan B. The stock initially dropped sharply on dilution concerns in early June, falling to $45.56, and while it staged a partial recovery, persistent sector weakness has accelerated profit-taking. The shares have now broken below prior support levels established during the initial offering-related selloff.
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