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Weakness in Semiconductors, Semi Equipment, and Memory weighed on sentiment in Tuesday trading, sending the tech-dominated Nasdaq down by over 1%.  Technology was also the third worst performing sector in the S&P 500, though it was Industrials - the sector heavily involved in the AI capex buildout - that was the worst performing space in the benchmark index.  Among the most notable decliners in the two sectors were Intel, Teradyneand Generacwith losses of nearly 10% and with all three names hitting multi-week lows.The winner circle was mostly occupied by Energy names - Exxon Mobiland Chevronwere up nearly 4%, though it was Occidental Petroleumleading the index with a near-6% gain.  Software names - which have recently traded in opposition to AI-buildout related tech stocks also benefited.  Workdaygained 4% and Intuitrallied 3%.In the evening hours, investors are monitoring re-escalation of conflict in the Middle East.  Following overnight strikes on commercial vessels by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. military has retaliated with strikes on Iranian targets.  WTI Crude Oil futures are up as a result and Index futures are lower - WTI is above $72 per barrel while S&P e-minis and Nasdaq 100 are off by 0.1%.Check out this evening's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER AFTER EARNINGS -Penguin Solutionsup 5.9%ALSO HIGHER -Enerpac Tool Groupup 7.4% after announcing SFE Group acquisitionTransoceanup 1.4% after insider buyingDOWN AFTER EARNINGS -Kura Sushi USAdown 7.3%Saratoga Investmentdown 3.0%ALSO LOWER -FuelCell Energydown 18.0% after equity offering

Consensus $334.13M. Sees FY26 restaurant-level operating profit margins 18.5%. Expects 16 new restaurants, maintaining an annual unit growth rate above 20%, with average net capital expenditures per unit of approximately $2.5M.

Reports Q3 revenue $85.92M, consensus $86.46M. Comparable restaurant sales decreased 0.4% in Q3. Hajime Uba, president and CEO of Kura Sushi, stated, "During the fiscal third quarter, we were able to make significant progress towards our goals of sustainable margin improvement and returning to our historical 20% restaurant-level operating profit margins regardless of tariff relief. Despite our costs of goods sold as a percentage of sales being 200 basis points higher than last year due to tariffs, our operational discipline allowed us to more than offset this impact and improve our restaurant-level operating profit margin by 90 basis points over the prior year to 19.1%. We were also able to improve Adjusted EBITDA margins by 40 basis points, to 7.7%, and grew our Adjusted EBITDA by more than 20% over the prior year. Our ability to improve profitability in a challenging environment speaks to what we do best: responding rapidly to control what we can control."