On July 7, ASML fell 3.05% in pre-market trading, trading at $1772.34/share, with turnover of $6.57 million. The decline came as Samsung Electronics' stock crash dragged down the entire global semiconductor sector.

On the news front, Samsung Electronics reported Q2 operating profit of 89.4 trillion Korean won, surging 1,810% year-over-year — exceeding analyst estimates of 84.2 trillion won. However, the market interpreted this as a classic sell-the-news event, as the stellar results had been largely priced in during the stock's prior rally. Samsung plunged approximately 10% on the day, triggering the KOSPI circuit breaker mechanism with the index falling over 8%. SK Hynix dropped around 10% in tandem. The contagion spread globally, with European semiconductor stocks including ASML, Infineon, and STMicroelectronics declining 3% to 7%.

Within the Semiconductor Equipment sector, the overall industry is under broad pressure. Among individual stocks, Applied Materials down 4.18%, KLA-Tencor down 4.08%, Lam Research down 3.84%, Teradyne down 3.63%, AXT Inc down 3.55%.

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