Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO), which rose 3.07% or 0.41 points to trade at 13.92 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.05% or 1.600 points to end at 79.800 and Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) was up 1.36% or 0.44 points to 32.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aegon NV (AS:AEGN), which lost 1.82% or 0.087 points to trade at 4.688 in late trade. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 1.79% or 0.34 points to end at 18.66 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 1.68% or 0.39 points to 22.86.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 52 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.84% to 13.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.07% or 1.45 to $48.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.08% or 1.09 to hit $53.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.97% or 12.88 to trade at $1343.28 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1919, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.9152.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.24.