ASML, peers jump after report of less severe US China chip curbs
** Shares in ASML ASML.AS and some other European semiconductor companies jump after a report of less severe curbs on sales of chips to China
** Bloomberg News reported that the Biden administration is weighing additional curbs on sales of semiconductor equipment and artificial intelligence (AI) memory chips to China, but stop short of some stricter measures previously considered
** The STOXX pan-European tech index .SX8P is up 1.67%, the most among other indices on Europe-wide STOXX 600 .STOXX
** ASML jumps 3.6%, BE Semiconductor BESI.AS 5.3% and ASM International ASMI.AS 3.6%
** German peer Aixtron AIXGn.DE is up 4.3%
Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka
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