Shares of ASML jumped 10.6% after the Dutch company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter bookings of 7.088 billion euros ($7.39 billion). Its peers ASM International, BE Semiconductor and Infineon gained between 2.7% and 7.5%. Technology was the top winning sector, soaring 4.5%.

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Wall Street shares looked set for more gains on Thursday, as investors cheered earnings from Meta, but shunned Microsoft, while the dollar was steady

Investors maintained bets for further easing, pricing an additional 70 basis points of cuts during the rest of 2025, which would lower rates to near 2 per cent.

Yields on U.S. government debt were falling slightly Thursday morning as traders focused on data that showed economic growth slowing in the U.S. and stalling in three countries in Europe at the end of last year.

The European Central Bank’s reduction, the fifth consecutive cut since last summer, came a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates.

The European Central Bank cut interest rates again on Thursday after separate data showed economic stagnation, led by contraction in Germany and France.