Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.33% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which rose 3.17% or 0.68 points to trade at 21.95 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 2.52% or 0.340 points to end at 13.820 and Aegon (AS:AEGN) was up 1.63% or 0.086 points to 5.355 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which lost 1.72% or 3.90 points to trade at 222.60 in late trade. Philips Kon (AS:PHG) declined 1.55% or 0.46 points to end at 28.95 and Unilever NV (AS:UNc) shed 0.68% or 0.27 points to 38.98.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 72 to 56 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 3.56% to 15.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.33% or 1.25 to $52.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.13% or 1.21 to hit $55.61 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.86% or 9.95 to trade at $1161.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.0416, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8499.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.75% at 103.14.