Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc), which rose 0.71% or 0.32 points to trade at 46.38 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 0.44% or 0.90 points to end at 204.50 and Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) was up 0.39% or 0.17 points to 43.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG), which lost 3.67% or 1.25 points to trade at 32.65 in late trade. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 3.26% or 0.29 points to end at 8.67 and SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) shed 2.07% or 0.32 points to 15.18.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 25 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 9.02% to 12.51 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.69% or 1.11 to $64.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.10% or 0.76 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1338.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.02.