Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa), which rose 3.39% or 0.880 points to trade at 26.860 at the close. Gemalto (AS:GTO) added 2.67% or 0.85 points to end at 32.65 and Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) was up 2.56% or 0.86 points to 34.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 3.27% or 0.24 points to trade at 7.14 in late trade. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) declined 1.96% or 1.51 points to end at 75.49 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 0.18% or 0.04 points to 24.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 32 and 16 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 5.70% to 11.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.24% or 0.14 to $57.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.25% or 0.16 to hit $63.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1295.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1883, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8978.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.05.