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The AI infrastructure trade is back in force this morning, with optical networking names leading the entire market higher and memory stocks bouncing hard off Tuesday's pullback. Anything tied to the data-center buildout is getting bid.

Elsewhere, the punishments are coming for guidance disappointments and earnings misses. A web development platform is getting cut deep after missing big, a home security name is sliding on weak forward guidance, and a global shoe brand is off sharply on geopolitical pressure. The pattern is the same across all three: the market wants forward momentum, and any wobble in the outlook gets crushed.

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Coherent (COHR): +8.1%

The optical networking name is leading the S&P 500 higher as the AI trade reignites across photonics stocks. Coherent and its peers sit squarely in the picks-and-shovels lane of the data-center buildout, and any rotation back into AI infrastructure tends to lift these names first.

Lumentum (LITE): +5.5%

Another beneficiary of the AI optical bid, Lumentum is riding the same wave lifting Coherent. The stock has become a reliable proxy for sentiment on hyperscaler capex.

Micron (MU): +5.8%

The memory maker is bouncing back hard after Tuesday's pullback that snapped a 23% two-day rally. Investors appear to be treating the dip as a buying opportunity in one of the cleanest AI memory plays.

Corning (GLW): +5.3%

The glass and fiber maker is getting swept up in the photonics rally. Corning's optical communications business has quietly become a key AI infrastructure exposure, and the market is pricing it accordingly today.

Wix.com (WIX): -18.3%

The web development platform is getting hammered after a sizeable earnings miss. When a software name misses by this kind of margin, the market rarely gives it the benefit of the doubt on growth.

Birkenstock (BIRK): -7.5%

The shoe designer missed on both the top and bottom lines, with management pointing to war in the Middle East as a drag on its Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. Geopolitical headwinds are a tough story for a premium consumer brand to outrun.

Karman (KRMN): -7.2%

The aerospace and defense name posted a slight earnings miss even as revenue and EBITDA topped forecasts. In a sector that has run hard, mixed prints get punished.

Resideo Technologies (REZI): -6.8%

The home security company beat on the quarter but issued current-quarter guidance well below Street expectations on both earnings and revenue. A clean beat paired with weak guidance is a textbook sell signal, and that's what's playing out here.

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eBay (EBAY)

Retail chatter around eBay has exploded over the past 24 hours after the company rejected GameStop's $56 billion buyout offer, calling it "neither credible nor attractive." Traders on r/wallstreetbets are debating whether the rejection sets up a higher bid or simply puts eBay back in play as a takeover target itself.

The stock barely budged on the news, which is part of why it's catching attention now: with shares hovering near analyst price targets and AI-driven advertising growth accelerating in the most recent quarter, some posters argue the marketplace is being underappreciated. This could be the kind of setup that either resolves quietly or becomes the next chapter in a larger M&A storyline.