ASML stock price snaps back as AI spending bets return, with ex-dividend date next
Amsterdam, Feb 7, 2026, 17:04 (CET) — Market closed.
- ASML ended Friday in positive territory in Amsterdam, with chip stocks rallying late in the week.
- U.S. chip stocks jumped, driven by hopes that rising AI spending from Big Tech will boost demand for hardware and equipment.
- Feb. 9 marks the ex-dividend date for ASML’s interim dividend in Amsterdam.
ASML Holding NV (ASML.AS) closed out Friday’s session on Euronext Amsterdam up 3.84% at 1,193.80 euros, recovering some ground after slipping earlier in the week. 1
ASML is planted right at the bottleneck for cutting-edge chip manufacturing, so the stock tends to react fast whenever investors shift their stance on AI hardware budgets. That bounce? It’s…
