Morning coverage opened with the regional transport strike, with buses cancelled almost nationwide and effects differing per region. Attention then shifted to ASML's near âŹ5bn record profit and plans to expand capacity it could not meet demand.
The Albert Heijn cyber aftermath from the previous two days moved from empty shelves to slow recovery: distribution restarted during the day but full stores could take weeks, costing Ahold Delhaize tens of millions per day, while the chain had filed no police report and food banks reported a fivefold rise in emergency parcels.
From midday Ukraine dominated, with Russian strikes leaving over 600,000 without power, Kyiv warning of an unlivable winter, and Zelensky blaming Washington after US intelligence sharing stopped and Starlink faltered, framed as betrayal following Trump's diesel deal with Russia which Jetten wanted scrapped.