Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 2.01% or 0.05 points to trade at 2.34 at the close. ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) added 0.81% or 0.19 points to end at 23.61 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was up 0.50% or 0.82 points to 165.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG), which lost 3.64% or 1.45 points to trade at 38.23 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.82% or 3.14 points to end at 169.64 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) shed 1.62% or 0.037 points to 2.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 74 to 48 and 16 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 6.36% to 12.92.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $75.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $85.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.52% or 18.10 to trade at $1209.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.02.