** Shares of European technology and semiconductor companies
fall due to a negative read-across from an overnight selloff in
U.S. peer Nvidia NVDA.O , with analysts saying some investors
might have taken profits after the stock's recent strong run
** The pan-European STOXX tech index .SX8P falls 1.6%,
leading sectoral losses on the wider STOXX 600 .STOXX , which
is down 0.3%
** German chip manufacturer Infineon IFXGn.DE and Swiss
sensor maker AMS Osram AMS.S slide 2.2% and 2.4%, respectively
** Dutch chipmaking equipment supplier BE Semiconductor
BESI.AS falls 2.2%
** Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics STMPA.PA
slides 2.9%, while Nordic Semiconductor shares fall 2.7%
(Reporting by Ozan Ergenay)
((ozan.ergenay@thomsonreuters.com))