Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Support Services and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 1.74% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were OCI (AMS:OCI), which rose 0.50% or 0.130 points to trade at 25.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 0.25% or 0.02 points to end at 9.68 and Vopak (AMS:VOPA) was up 0.18% or 0.09 points to 46.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aegon (AMS:AEGN), which fell 3.59% or 0.255 points to trade at 6.847 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) declined 3.49% or 8.70 points to end at 240.40 and Randstad (AMS:RAND) was down 3.37% or 1.81 points to 51.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 192 to 59 and 5 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 5.71% to 22.74 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.28% or 1.93 to $60.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.48% or 1.65 to hit $68.09 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.67% or 7.90 to trade at $1194.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1187, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7366.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 95.22.