Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL), which rose 1.40% or 0.54 points to trade at 38.98 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) added 1.17% or 0.340 points to end at 29.330 and Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) was up 1.04% or 0.47 points to 45.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND), which lost 2.77% or 1.52 points to trade at 53.28 in late trade. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) declined 2.31% or 1.80 points to end at 76.20 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) shed 1.87% or 0.16 points to 8.29.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 56 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.40% to 11.85.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $68.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $74.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 9.70 to trade at $1333.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2231, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.58.