Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were NN Group NV (AS:NN), which rose 1.60% or 0.60 points to trade at 38.10 at the close. ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) added 1.22% or 1.85 points to end at 153.65 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) was up 0.88% or 0.025 points to 2.867 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 1.20% or 0.365 points to trade at 30.155 in late trade. SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) declined 0.96% or 0.15 points to end at 15.49 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) shed 0.87% or 0.66 points to 75.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 68 to 47 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.87% to 9.76.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.81% or 0.52 to $63.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.35% or 0.95 to hit $69.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1334.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2237, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 90.38.