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ASML Holding rose 6.8% in Amsterdam, after earlier climbing as much as 8%, marking the largest gain since April 8. Among U.S. chip equipment stocks, Applied Materials rose 5.3%, Lam Research gained 4.0%, and KLA Corp climbed 5.9%. Looking at the two-day cumulative increase, these four stocks led gains among the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index components: KLA gained 18% over two days, Applied Materials rose 17%, Lam Research was up 13%, and ASML rose 10%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index gained 7% during the same period.Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix announced plans to build two chip manufacturing plants each in South Korea, with a total investment of 800 trillion won. This news boosted chip equipment stocks.

TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures rose by 3.07%, quoted at 43.687 euros/megawatt hour. They have fallen by 20.10% in the second quarter. Since the outbreak of the Iran war, prices were once lifted from around 31.959 euros, reaching 72 euros on March 19. ICE EU emissions trading allowances (futures price) increased by 2.43%, quoted at 79.66 euros/ton, rising by 8.23% in the second quarter. After surging to 91.94 euros on January 15 and quickly pulling back, they reached 61.86 euros on March 19 and then gradually rebounded.

This strategic initiative aims to consolidate the company's position in the dry bulk shipping market and is expected to create significant synergies by integrating the fleets and operational resources of both companies.