ASML extends losses into second day after outlook cut, drags peers
** Shares of chip equipment maker ASML ASML.AS fall 5%, extending losses after their biggest one-day drop since 1998 on Tuesday, as low bookings and a forecast cut surprised investors
** Dutch peers ASM International ASMI.AS and BE Semiconductor BESI.AS fall 2.6% and 2.2% respectively
** Degroof Petercam analyst Michael Roeg estimates that reduced spending at TSMC 2330.TW, Intel INTC.O and Chinese customers is at the root of the lower than anticipated bookings
** "TSMC has been spending rather low capex numbers so far this year and they may do so again next year because their overall utilization is not as good as their sales numbers suggest," Roeg says
** "Post-Covid has resulted in a strong decline in chip demand so that there is excess capacity. The latter must be why many customers are now hitting the brakes," he adds
** Sara Russo from Bernstein says Intel, potentially Samsung, and memory customers were cautious on capacity expansion
** But she adds the lower than expected recovery does not signal "any fundamental change to the competitive moat that ASML has built up and the need for lithography"
** ASML's shares touch their lowest price so far this year at 631.40 euros, as Wednesday's losses wipe a further 13.5 billion euros ($14.7 billion) from its market cap
($1 = 0.9189 euros)
Reporting by Nathan Vifflin and Toby Sterling
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