Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which rose 1.35% or 0.39 points to trade at 29.20 at the close. Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 1.22% or 0.82 points to end at 67.93 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) was up 0.99% or 0.250 points to 25.425 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gemalto (AS:GTO), which lost 2.12% or 0.83 points to trade at 38.33 in late trade. Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) declined 1.22% or 0.42 points to end at 34.52 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) shed 1.01% or 0.79 points to 77.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 65 to 62 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.69% to 10.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.57% or 0.30 to $51.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.18% or 0.69 to hit $57.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 6.83 to trade at $1304.67 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1791, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 92.85.