Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Support Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which rose 8.97% or 8.63 points to trade at 104.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 3.54% or 0.34 points to end at 9.84 and Ahold Kon (AMS:AHLN) was up 1.38% or 0.25 points to 18.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OCI (AMS:OCI), which fell 3.21% or 0.865 points to trade at 26.065 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) declined 2.36% or 5.70 points to end at 235.35 and Akzo Nobel (AMS:AKZO) was down 2.09% or 1.43 points to 67.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 189 to 56 and 3 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 5.63% to 20.57.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.24% or 1.33 to $60.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.54% or 1.67 to hit $67.29 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.87% or 10.30 to trade at $1193.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.82% to 1.1247, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.7167.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.73% at 94.42.