Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Construction & Materials and Support Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL), which rose 5.37% or 0.48 points to trade at 9.44 at the close. OCI (AMS:OCI) added 4.18% or 1.075 points to end at 26.775 and Aegon (AMS:AEGN) was up 3.01% or 0.158 points to 5.414 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NN Group (AMS:NN), which lost 1.06% or 0.28 points to trade at 25.63 in late trade. Altice NV (AMS:ATCA) declined 0.76% or 0.18 points to end at 23.55 and Heineken (AMS:HEIN) shed 0.36% or 0.25 points to 68.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 39 and 5 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 8.34% to 30.65.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.43% or 0.20 to $45.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.79% or 1.80 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.26% or 2.90 to trade at $1124.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1178, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.7272.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.02.