Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were NN Group NV (AS:NN), which rose 2.18% or 0.77 points to trade at 36.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 1.84% or 1.60 points to end at 88.58 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.73% or 1.420 points to 83.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which fell 2.53% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.24 at the close. Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND) declined 1.22% or 0.62 points to end at 50.22 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) was down 0.98% or 0.22 points to 22.28.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 77 to 47 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 7.44% to 11.55.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.18% or 0.13 to $73.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.94% or 0.73 to hit $78.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1256.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.