Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which rose 3.24% or 5.00 points to trade at 159.25 at the close. Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) added 2.13% or 0.65 points to end at 31.19 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was up 2.00% or 0.110 points to 5.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 1.38% or 0.11 points to trade at 7.84 in late trade. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 0.86% or 0.154 points to end at 17.650 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) shed 0.42% or 0.36 points to 85.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 41 and 15 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.04% to 15.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.93% or 0.57 to $62.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.64% or 22.20 to trade at $1334.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2354, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 89.50.