Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which rose 1.35% or 0.39 points to trade at 29.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 1.22% or 0.82 points to end at 67.93 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) was up 0.99% or 0.250 points to 25.425 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which fell 2.12% or 0.83 points to trade at 38.33 at the close. Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) declined 1.22% or 0.42 points to end at 34.52 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was down 1.01% or 0.79 points to 77.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 65 to 62 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gemalto (AS:GTO) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.12% or 0.83 to 38.33.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.69% to 10.87.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.57% or 0.30 to $51.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.18% or 0.69 to hit $57.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.13 to trade at $1303.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1785, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 92.86.