Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa), which rose 0.65% or 0.190 points to trade at 29.285 at the close. Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) added 0.29% or 0.07 points to end at 24.55 and Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) was up 0.21% or 0.10 points to 48.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 5.09% or 0.16 points to trade at 3.00 in late trade. ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) declined 4.80% or 1.82 points to end at 36.10 and NN Group NV (AS:NN) shed 3.83% or 1.47 points to 36.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 28 and 2 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 8.74% to 16.18 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.49% or 1.69 to $66.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.50% or 0.38 to hit $74.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1302.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.1551, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8719.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.75.