Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the AEX Financials, AEX Oil & Gas and AEX Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI), which rose 2.60% or 3.90 points to trade at 153.65 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) added 1.15% or 1.06 points to end at 93.56 and ASM International NV (AS:ASMI) was up 0.69% or 4.80 points to 695.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG), which fell 3.14% or 0.77 points to trade at 23.78 in late trade. Randstad NV (AS:RAND) declined 2.88% or 1.31 points to end at 44.15 and Prosus (AS:PRX) down 1.84% or 0.64 points to 33.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 65 to 38 and 10 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
Shares in Randstad NV (AS:RAND) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.88% or 1.31 to 44.15.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.56% or 0.46 to $81.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.66% or 0.56 to hit $84.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 7.75 to trade at $2,336.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 105.35.