ASML Stock Hits All-Time High After 4Q Earnings Beat, Robust Order Book

A SML Holding NV shares surged Wednesday after the Samsung Electronics and Intel chip supplier reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales and profit. Veldhoven, Netherlands-based ASML said sales hit a 1.9 billion for the three months ending in December, translating into net income of a 524 million and earnings per share of a 1.23.