Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Media and Support Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Vopak (AMS:VOPA), which rose 3.62% or 1.61 points to trade at 46.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Aalberts Industries (AMS:AALB) added 2.17% or 0.59 points to end at 27.79 and Wolters Kluwer (AMS:WLSNc) was up 2.06% or 0.57 points to 28.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OCI (AMS:OCI), which fell 0.41% or 0.110 points to trade at 26.810 at the close. Gemalto (AMS:GTO) declined 0.27% or 0.23 points to end at 83.80 and TNT Express (AMS:TNTE) was up 0.07% or 0.005 points to 7.650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 206 to 38 and 4 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 0.92% to 20.90.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.31% or 0.79 to $61.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.79% or 1.14 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.58% or 6.90 to trade at $1177.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.46% to 1.1175, while EUR/GBP fell 0.83% to 0.7108.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.11% at 95.57.