Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 4.87% or 2.820 points to trade at 60.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Gemalto (AS:GTO) added 2.60% or 1.44 points to end at 56.73 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 2.24% or 0.43 points to 19.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which rose 0.11% or 0.07 points to trade at 62.07 at the close. SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) added 0.44% or 0.06 points to end at 13.56 and Boskalis Westmin (AS:BOSN) was up 0.63% or 0.20 points to 31.11.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 136 to 41 and 10 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 6.19% to 17.30.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.16% or 0.08 to $50.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.58% or 7.25 to trade at $1263.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.0992, while EUR/GBP fell 1.04% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 97.79.