Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which rose 1.70% or 2.68 points to trade at 160.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) added 1.49% or 0.415 points to end at 28.230 and Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) was up 1.30% or 1.16 points to 90.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Relx PLC (AS:REL), which fell 1.90% or 0.335 points to trade at 17.285 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 1.51% or 0.298 points to end at 19.466 and Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) was down 0.90% or 0.39 points to 43.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 65 to 57 and 14 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.62% to 12.77.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.15% or 0.79 to $69.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.10% or 0.86 to hit $78.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1203.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 94.17.