ETFs were net sellers of $175.9 million of Micron Technology (MU) on Thursday, although 52 funds bought and 26 sold, with the buying amounts smaller. Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) led the selling with a $104.6 million cut, followed by TECL ($39.6 million) and SPY ($32.3 million). The session came after net inflows of $215.4 million on Oct. 28 and $70.2 million on Oct. 27, and marks one day in the current selling streak. Micron is a memory and storage semiconductor company that delivers DRAM, NAND and NOR products under the Micron and Crucial brands. Its market cap is $1.00 trillion, with trailing-12-month revenue of $133.19 billion, up 250.7% over one year, and a year-to-date return of 210.22%. Over the last five reported days, ETFs were net buyers on three and net sellers on two.
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