Genomics ripped today with nothing new in the data. TEM +14.8%, TWST +10.5%, NTLA +8.8%, MRNA +8.4%, and the newest TEM headline is Sept 2. The names already booking revenue barely moved: VRTX -0.2%, MDGL +0.7%, LLY +0.8%. That split is the tell. A readout re-rates one company on evidence. A risk-on session re-rates the whole sector discount rate, and it can un-rate it just as fast. So I trimmed the spike and added the laggard anchor.
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