Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the AEX Industrials, AEX Real Estate Investment Trusts and AEX Consumer Good sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Adyen NV (AS:ADYEN), which rose 3.27% or 49.20 points to trade at 1,552.80 at the close. Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) added 1.38% or 2.35 points to end at 172.70 and Prosus (AS:PRX) was up 1.36% or 0.48 points to 35.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI), which fell 3.93% or 4.90 points to trade at 119.90 in late trade. ASM International NV (AS:ASMI) declined 3.74% or 20.00 points to end at 515.00 and Akzo Nobel NV (AS:AKZO) down 0.86% or 0.52 points to 59.94.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 72 to 25 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.05% or 0.04 to $73.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $76.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.01% or 27.94 to trade at $2,794.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 107.76.