ASML Holding is trading 3.87% up now at $12.09 as semiconductor and AI-related shares rally broadly.
- European semiconductor stocks opened higher on September 21 amid continued enthusiasm for artificial-intelligence investment; analysts reaffirmed a constructive outlook for ASML.
- Morgan Stanley maintained its Overweight rating and EUR 1,700 target, supporting sentiment, but no definitive new company-specific announcement directly explains the move.
- The broader risk-on backdrop also supports the advance: major U.S. indices and the semiconductor sector are higher, helped by falling oil prices and improving market sentiment.