Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which rose 1.82% or 0.78 points to trade at 43.64 at the close. Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) added 1.51% or 0.55 points to end at 37.05 and Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) was up 1.05% or 0.40 points to 38.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 1.42% or 0.04 points to trade at 2.78 in late trade. ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) declined 1.24% or 2.20 points to end at 175.82 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) shed 0.95% or 0.114 points to 11.916.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 61 and 8 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.76% to 11.50.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.71% or 0.49 to $68.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.30% or 0.23 to hit $76.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1214.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.9092.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.49.