Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which rose 3.24% or 5.00 points to trade at 159.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) added 2.13% or 0.65 points to end at 31.19 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was up 2.00% or 0.110 points to 5.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which fell 1.38% or 0.11 points to trade at 7.84 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 0.86% or 0.154 points to end at 17.650 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was down 0.42% or 0.36 points to 85.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 70 to 41 and 15 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.04% to 15.82.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.94% or 0.58 to $62.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $65.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.63% or 22.10 to trade at $1334.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.2355, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 89.49.