Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 2.97% or 0.64 points to trade at 22.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 0.99% or 0.75 points to end at 76.45 and Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) was up 0.95% or 0.34 points to 35.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aegon NV (AS:AEGN), which fell 2.42% or 0.111 points to trade at 4.468 at the close. SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) declined 2.02% or 0.30 points to end at 14.57 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was down 1.71% or 0.94 points to 53.96.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 67 to 58 and 6 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 5.95% to 11.48.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $51.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $53.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.91 to trade at $1254.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1192, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.18.