ASML IT Systems Outage

(Reuters) – Computer chip equipment maker ASML (AS:ASML) experienced a global IT systems outage on Friday, which has since been resolved, according to a spokesperson for the company.

"All systems are fully recovered," the company reported, adding that the cause of the outage is currently under investigation.

The outage caused some employees to work remotely and was initially reported by Dutch newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad.

ASML, one of the leading semiconductor equipment manufacturers globally, had prematurely released its third-quarter earnings last month during trading hours, half a day earlier than scheduled, citing a "technical error."

ASML supplies chip-making equipment to prominent companies such as Samsung Electronics (KS:005930) and TSMC, which produces chips for Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA).