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Feb 23 (Reuters) - European shares opened higher on
Thursday, as chip stocks rose following a positive sales
forecast from U.S. semiconductor designer Nvidia.
ASM International , BE Semiconductor and
Aixtron rose between 1.6% and 3.2%, boosting the
European technology sector by 0.9%.
Nvidia Corp forecast first-quarter revenue above
Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, noting the strong boost it
saw from the use of its chips in artificial intelligence (AI)
services like chatbots.
The broader Europe STOXX 600 index rose 0.1% by
0806 GMT, after two straight sessions of declines on worries of
central banks raising interest rates for longer.
Minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's last policy meeting
released on Wednesday showed nearly all policymakers rallied
behind a decision to further slow the pace of interest rate
hikes, noting inflation would determine how much further rates
needed to rise.
(Reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by
Subhranshu Sahu)
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