Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which rose 0.77% or 0.18 points to trade at 23.57 at the close. NN Group NV (AS:NN) added 0.48% or 0.18 points to end at 37.49 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was up 0.22% or 0.11 points to 49.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which lost 3.20% or 5.68 points to trade at 171.70 in late trade. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 2.61% or 1.16 points to end at 43.35 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 2.26% or 0.585 points to 25.345.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 27 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 6.95% to 13.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.16% or 0.11 to $69.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 8.90 to trade at $1197.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1572, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.9021.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 95.44.