Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which rose 1.34% or 2.15 points to trade at 162.30 at the close. ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) added 0.69% or 0.24 points to end at 34.96 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) was up 0.66% or 0.20 points to 30.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc), which lost 2.15% or 0.93 points to trade at 42.26 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.82% or 1.480 points to end at 79.820 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) shed 1.52% or 0.037 points to 2.400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 51 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 7.61% to 16.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.81% or 0.51 to $63.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.67% or 0.45 to hit $68.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.80 to trade at $1337.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8721.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.83.