Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Randstad (AS:RAND), which rose 4.85% or 1.96 points to trade at 42.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 3.35% or 0.46 points to end at 14.18 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was up 2.67% or 0.280 points to 10.770 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heineken (AS:HEIN), which fell 0.48% or 0.38 points to trade at 79.13 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) added 0.02% or 0.01 points to end at 22.16 and Vopak (AS:VOPA) was up 0.06% or 0.03 points to 45.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 124 to 37 and 14 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 6.79% to 17.35.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.95% or 0.45 to $47.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.24% or 0.61 to hit $49.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1343.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1309, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8578.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.49.