Direxion Daily AMD Bear 1X Shares is trading 3.4% down in pre-market on June 17, 2026, as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) experiences positive company-specific developments. - AMD announced the acquisition of MEXT, gaining AI-driven memory optimization technology and its engineering team to boost AMD's AI and data-center offerings, leading to an intraday stock jump for AMD. - Additionally, reports indicate AMD is in talks with Samsung Foundry to manufacture its CPUs starting in 2028, further boosting AMD's market position. - The positive news for AMD and a stabilizing tech market pressured the inverse ETF.