Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which rose 1.34% or 2.15 points to trade at 162.30 at the close. Meanwhile, ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) added 0.69% or 0.24 points to end at 34.96 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) was up 0.66% or 0.20 points to 30.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc), which fell 2.15% or 0.93 points to trade at 42.26 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.82% or 1.480 points to end at 79.820 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) was down 1.52% or 0.037 points to 2.400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 69 to 51 and 13 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 7.61% to 16.10.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.70% or 0.44 to $63.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.61% or 0.41 to hit $68.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.70 to trade at $1337.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8722.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.83.