On August 25, Corning rose 3.6% in regular trading, trading at $149.76/share, with turnover of $46.31 million. The optical communications sector broadly recovered, with peer Coherent rising in tandem.

On the news front, Hengtong Optic-Electric disclosed a major supply contract with Corning for 160,000 kilometers of optical fiber at a contract price of $11/km, locking in approximately 10% of Corning's production capacity. The deal, valued at roughly $176 million, reflects the widening supply-demand gap for optical fiber amid surging North American AI data center buildouts, where a single hyperscale AI computing center consumes 5-10 times the fiber of a traditional data center, with the North American fiber supply shortfall estimated at approximately 16.4%.

Additionally, options market activity showed a $673,200 far-dated out-of-the-money call purchase targeting the October 2026 $180 strike, signaling aggressive bullish positioning by institutional capital on Corning's medium-term trajectory.

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