Applied Opt is trading at $184.32 (16.4% up) on a surge of speculative interest in its AI data center optics story.
- The move follows recent coverage highlighting massive 800G and 1.6T hyperscale orders alongside a $20.9 million Texas state grant.
- Traders are returning to the high-growth AI infrastructure play following last week's pullback, despite the company's currently unprofitable profile.