Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which rose 1.70% or 2.68 points to trade at 160.26 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) added 1.49% or 0.415 points to end at 28.230 and Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) was up 1.30% or 1.16 points to 90.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relx PLC (AS:REL), which lost 1.90% or 0.335 points to trade at 17.285 in late trade. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 1.51% or 0.298 points to end at 19.466 and Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) shed 0.90% or 0.39 points to 43.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 65 to 57 and 14 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.62% to 12.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.12% or 0.77 to $69.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.06% or 0.83 to hit $78.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1203.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.18.