Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were NN Group NV (AS:NN), which rose 2.18% or 0.77 points to trade at 36.03 at the close. Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 1.84% or 1.60 points to end at 88.58 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.73% or 1.420 points to 83.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 2.53% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.24 in late trade. Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND) declined 1.22% or 0.62 points to end at 50.22 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) shed 0.98% or 0.22 points to 22.28.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 47 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 7.44% to 11.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.16% or 0.12 to $73.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.91% or 0.71 to hit $78.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1256.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.