ASML fell 1.1% after the Dutch government blocked the company from exporting to China certain lithography systems , which are essential to making advanced microprocessors. WSJ reported the rule came after officials from the Netherlands, Japan, and the U.S. reached an agreement to start restricting such exports.
Coinbase Global was up 6.4%, MicroStrategy rose 9.2%, and Marathon Digital surged 14% as crypto-related stocks received a boost from Bitcoin’s move above $45,000 for the first time in more than a year on expectations that approval of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds couldcome as soon as this week.
Tesla is expected by analysts on Tuesday to report fourth-quarter deliveries of between 475,000 and 480,000 units. The stock was up 0.9% premarket.
BYD reported fourth-quarter deliveries of about 526,000 all-electric vehicles, up from about 432,000 delivered in the third quarter of 2023. If Tesla meets expectations, BYD’s numbers would make it the largest seller of all-battery electric vehicles on the planet.
U.S.-listed shares of fellow Chinese EV makers Li Auto, NIO, and XPeng traded lower after issuing deliveries numbers for December. Li Auto was down 4.1% even after reporting it delivered 50,353 vehicles in December, a jump of 137.1% from a year earlier. NIO declined 1.4% and XPeng dipped 0.4%.