Critical chip firm ASML posts fourth-quarter sales and profit beat
1. ASML's Q4 2023 net sales surpassed expectations at 9.26 billion euros. 2. Net profit for Q4 also exceeded forecasts at 2.69 billion euros. 3. Concerns arise over competitiveness from DeepSeek's new AI application. 4. ASML faced losses amid a global tech sell-off earlier this week.