U.S. chip stocks were a mixed bunch with several joining Nvidia in the red. Cirrus Logic was down 2.2% while ARM Holdings' U.S. shares fell 2.1% and Broadcom lost 1.8%. On the other side of the fence Coherent Corp was up 3.6% and Advanced Micro Devices rose 2.6%. ASML's U.S. shares were last up 4.4%.

Multiple analysts saw Monday’s sharp semiconductor pullbacks as overdone. One said they could prove “a buying opportunity in hindsight once the dust settles.”

By Medha Singh, Amanda Cooper and Harry Robertson LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - Chip stocks in the U.S. and Europe rose on Wednesday for a second straight day, recovering from a punishing selloff triggered by China's low-cost DeepSeek artificial intelligence tool at the start of the week.