Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which rose 1.77% or 0.74 points to trade at 42.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 1.56% or 1.02 points to end at 66.33 and Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) was up 1.40% or 0.41 points to 29.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 0.23% or 0.035 points to trade at 15.245 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) declined 0.18% or 0.16 points to end at 86.44 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) was down 0.16% or 0.030 points to 18.235.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 85 to 44 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 11.58% to 10.49.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.50% or 0.23 to $46.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $48.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.38 to trade at $1266.52 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1199, while EUR/GBP fell 0.79% to 0.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 97.03.