Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which rose 3.46% or 2.60 points to trade at 77.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 2.38% or 1.86 points to end at 80.04 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) was up 2.36% or 0.385 points to 16.670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which fell 1.42% or 0.10 points to trade at 6.83 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) declined 0.05% or 0.04 points to end at 85.14 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 0.08% or 0.02 points to 23.73.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 91 to 29 and 10 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 11.11% to 16.47.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $65.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $69.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 10.70 to trade at $1344.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 88.92.