Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO), which rose 4.39% or 0.48 points to trade at 11.41 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) added 3.67% or 0.81 points to end at 22.75 and Vopak (AS:VOPA) was up 1.91% or 0.92 points to 48.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gemalto (AS:GTO), which lost 0.47% or 0.26 points to trade at 55.32 in late trade. KPN Kon (AS:KPN) declined 0.36% or 0.013 points to end at 3.566 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 0.04% or 0.01 points to 18.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 45 and 6 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 3.09% to 20.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.74% or 0.37 to $50.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.11% or 0.56 to hit $51.11 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.95 to trade at $1246.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1350, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.7796.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 93.90.