Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which rose 1.54% or 0.32 points to trade at 21.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 0.94% or 0.026 points to end at 2.806 and Randstad NV (AS:RAND) was up 0.35% or 0.16 points to 45.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adyen NV (AS:ADYEN), which fell 2.19% or 15.40 points to trade at 688.60 at the close. Relx PLC (AS:REL) declined 1.19% or 0.230 points to end at 19.125 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) was down 1.03% or 0.300 points to 28.695.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 80 to 54 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 0.22% to 13.14.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.50% or 0.32 to $64.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.60% or 0.43 to hit $70.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.35 to trade at $1308.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1262, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8628.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.623.