AIQ is trading at $63.85, down 3.04%, as hotter-than-expected September inflation revived rate-hike concerns and lifted Treasury yields.
- September CPI rose 3.7% year over year, above the 3.6% forecast.
- Higher Treasury yields pressured technology and other growth stocks sensitive to borrowing costs; the Nasdaq fell, while semiconductor shares extended declines.
- AIQβs move is consistent with the market-wide response to hotter-than-expected inflation; no volume data was provided.