European semiconductor stocks rise despite disappointing Nvidia forecast
** Shares in European semiconductor companies rise, despite artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia's NVDA.O quarterly resultsfailing to impress investors
** The pan-European STOXX tech index .SX8P rises 1.7% to one-week high,leading sectoral gains on the wider STOXX 600 .STOXX index, which is up 0.6%
** ING FM analyst Marc Hesselink says that there were very high expectations going into Nvidia's results but the company's general tone on structural demand remains relatively good
** "The outlook is maybe slightly lower than some expected. But in general, I think it was not a major event, except for NVIDIA itself," Hesselink says
** "But for the sector as a whole, I don't think it really changed anything for the sector. So therefore, maybe a little bit of relief today," he adds
** Among single stocks, semiconductor production equipment maker ASM International ASMI.AS, ASML ASML.AS, and BE Semiconductor BESI.AS are up between 2% and 3%
**German chip manufacturer Infineon IFXGn.DE and Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics STMPA.PA rise 1.9%and 2.3%
** Soitec SOIT.PA is up 3%,while Nordic Semiconductor NOD.OL, Siltronic WAFGn.DE and Aixtron AIXGn.DE rise around 2.5%
Reporting by Ozan Ergenay
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