Soitec, Besi shares dragged by peers Melexis, Qorvo morose updates
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** European tech firms incl chipmakers drop, with analysts noting negative read-across from updates by Belgium's Melexis MLXS.BR and US's Qorvo QRVO.O and AMD AMD.O
** Pan-European STOXX tech index .SX8P falls 1.7%, leading sectoral losses on the wider STOXX 600 .STOXX index, which is down 0.86%
** Besi BESI.AS falls 3.2%, most among Amsterdam blue chips .AEX, while Soitec SOIT.PA slides 3.7%, among worst performers on France's SBF120 .SBF120
** Chipmakers Infineon IFXGn.DE and STMicro STMPA.PA fall around 3%, while Swiss sensor maker ams OSRAM AMS2.VI and German chip materials supplier Siltronic WAFGn.DE down 3.6% and 2.3%, respectively
** Melexis MLXS.BR, which mainly serves auto customers, expects lower Q4 sales as carmakers temporarily cut inventories
** Qorvo forecasts below-expectations Q3 sales due to stiff competition and consumer shift towards entry-tier smartphones
** AMD's revenue forecast did not impress investors looking for a bigger windfall from the AI boom
** "AMD failed to impress. This should weigh on chip names especially with some AI fantasy," a local trader says
** "Besi is typically 30%-40% smartphone-related rev, so (Qorvo's update signals) ongoing delays to the recovery of the mainstream assembly market," Sara Russo from Bernstein says
** Adds peer ASMPT 0522.HK holds a similar outlook to Besi
** Trion Reid from Berenberg also points out Besi and Soitec's exposure to cars, though lower than Melexis
Reporting by Dagmarah Mackos and Ozan Ergenay, writing by Piotr Lipinski
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