** European semiconductor stocks rise after the U.S. and EU agreed on a trade deal that would see semiconductor equipment exempted from tariffs, with additional boost from Tesla-Samsung chip deal
** Dutch chipmaking equipment suppliers ASM International ASMI.AS, ASML ASML.AS and BE Semiconductors rise 4.8%-5.7%; French semiconductor materials supplier Soitec SOIT.PA and chipmaker STMicroelectronics STMPA.PA gain more than 3%
** That drives 1.6% gains on the pan-European tech index .SX8P, with the three Dutch stocks leading gains; they are also top performers of the broader STOXX 600 .STOXX
** "U.S.-EU deal is a clear positive for European semicaps (semiconductor capital equipment), exempting tools from the 15% baseline tariff and easing a key overhang on U.S.-bound sales," Kepler Cheuvreux analyst Ruben Devos says
** Samsung Electronics' 005930.KS $16.5 billion deal to manufacture chips for Tesla TSLA.O through 2033 also provides a "constructive" read-across for Dutch equipment makers, he adds
** "This agreement ... introduces potential upside for European suppliers that have so far been heavily tied to TSMC 2330.TW," Devos says
(Reporting by Mateusz Rabiega)
((Mateusz.rabiega@thomsonreuters.com))
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