ASML posts second-quarter earnings of $1.7 billion, bookings rise

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ASML, the largest equipment supplier to chipmakers, on Wednesday reported better-than-expected second-quarter net income of 1.6 billion euros ($1.7 billion) on revenues of 6.2 billion euros, while new bookings rose.

Analysts had seen net income at 1.41 billion euros on revenue of 6.04 billion euros, according to LSEG data.

The second-quarter numbers compare with net income of 1.94 billion euros and sales of 6.90 billion euros a year earlier.

($1 = 0.9173 euros)

(Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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