ASML Stock (NASDAQ: ASML) Update: What to Watch Before Markets Reopen as AI Demand, China Curbs, and High‑NA EUV Shape 2026
New York — As of 1:11 a.m. ET on Saturday, December 27, 2025, U.S. stock markets are closed for the weekend, leaving investors with a familiar end‑of‑year setup: thin liquidity, headline-driven moves, and a handful of big 2026 narratives battling for control of “what matters” in semiconductors. For ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ: ASML)—the Dutch company whose lithography machines sit at the choke point of advanced chipmaking—the debate is getting sharper as 2025 ends: AI-driven demand remains strong, but geopolitics (China export limits, rare earth supply, and potential tariff costs) is increasingly dictating the cadence of orders and the confidence of