Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which rose 3.46% or 2.60 points to trade at 77.70 at the close. Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 2.38% or 1.86 points to end at 80.04 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) was up 2.36% or 0.385 points to 16.670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 1.42% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.83 in late trade. Heineken (AS:HEIN) declined 0.05% or 0.04 points to end at 85.14 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) gained 0.08% or 0.02 points to 23.73.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 29 and 10 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 11.11% to 16.47.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $65.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $69.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 10.70 to trade at $1344.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 88.92.