ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ:ASML) stock rose 1% in premarket hours on Tuesday after a Dutch court extended the detention of a former Russian employee of the semiconductor equipment maker, suspected of stealing intellectual property and selling it to Russian buyers.
However, technical analysis using simple moving averages suggests that the stock price is neither increasing nor decreasing but oscillating within a defined range.
What Happened: The 43-year-old man named German Aksenov is suspected of stealing proprietary design manuals related to microchips, microchip equipment, and military-grade technology from ASML, Mapper, NXP, and the Delft University of Technology,
Aksenov, arrested on Aug. 28, has denied all charges and remains in custody. Prosecutors requested an extension of his detention until February, citing the risk of flight and potential further leaks, according to Reuters.
Why It Matters: Shares of ASML Holding have declined by 1.45% on a year-to-date basis and 32.18% in the last six months. This compares to a 29.6% and 12.4% growth in the Nasdaq 100 Index in the same period, respectively.
From a technical perspective, the analysis of daily moving averages indicates a potential period of consolidation.
Shares were trading at $709.56 apiece in premarket, which was above its eight and 20-day simple moving averages, of $709.06 apiece and $686.08 per share, respectively. As per Benzinga Pro data, its current stock price was lower than the 50 and 200-day moving average prices at $719.23 apiece and $880.62 per share, respectively.
This trend indicates that the stock is experiencing near-term upward momentum but it is still broadly below its longer-term price movement, indicating consolidation. On the other hand, the relative strength index of 54.09 suggests the stock was in the neutral region, neither overbought nor oversold.
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What Analysts Are Saying: According to Benzinga Pro data, ASML has a consensus price target of $870 per share based on the ratings of 13 analysts. The highest price target out of all the analysts tracked by Benzinga is $1,148 apiece issued by JPMorgan in October.
The average price target of $790.67 apiece between two changes from Bernstein, and Wells Fargo implies an 11.9% upside.
ASML Holding NV（納斯達克股票代碼：ASML）股價週二盤前上漲了1％，此前荷蘭法院延長了對這家半導體設備製造商一名前俄羅斯僱員的拘留，該僱員涉嫌竊取知識產權並將其出售給俄羅斯買家。
但是，使用簡單移動平均線的技術分析表明，股價既沒有上漲也沒有下跌，而是在規定的範圍內波動。
發生了什麼：這位名叫德國阿克塞諾夫的43歲男子涉嫌從ASML、Mapper、恩智浦和代爾夫特理工大學竊取與微芯片、微芯片設備和軍用級技術相關的專有設計手冊，
8月28日被捕的阿克塞諾夫否認了所有指控，目前仍被拘留。據路透社報道，檢察官要求將他的拘留延長至2月，理由是存在逃跑風險和可能的進一步泄密事件。
爲何重要：ASML Holding的股價今年迄今已下跌1.45％，在過去六個月中下跌了32.18％。相比之下，納斯達克100指數同期分別增長了29.6％和12.4％。
從技術角度來看，對每日移動平均線的分析表明了潛在的盤整期。
盤前股票的交易價格爲每股709.56美元，高於其八天和20天的簡單移動平均線，分別爲每股709.06美元和每股686.08美元。根據Benzinga Pro的數據，其目前的股價分別低於50天和200天移動平均線，分別爲每股719.23美元和每股880.62美元。
這種趨勢表明該股在短期內呈上漲勢頭，但仍大大低於其長期價格走勢，這表明該股正在盤整。另一方面，54.09的相對強度指數表明該股處於中性區域，既沒有超買也沒有超賣。
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分析師在說什麼：根據Benzinga Pro的數據，根據13位分析師的評級，ASML的共識目標股價爲每股870美元。在本辛加追蹤的所有分析師中，最高的目標股價是摩根大通在10月份發行的每股1,148美元。
伯恩斯坦和富國銀行的兩次變動之間的平均目標股價爲每人790.67美元，這意味着上漲11.9％。
