Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Food Producers and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were OCI (AMS:OCI), which rose 3.34% or 0.805 points to trade at 24.930 at the close. Meanwhile, ASML Holding (AMS:ASML) added 1.60% or 1.52 points to end at 96.72 and Randstad (AMS:RAND) was up 1.50% or 0.80 points to 54.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which fell 1.87% or 2.20 points to trade at 115.70 at the close. KPN Kon (AMS:KPN) declined 1.67% or 0.054 points to end at 3.185 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was down 0.84% or 0.08 points to 9.46.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 166 to 71 and 4 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.45% to 24.09 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.70% or 0.42 to $60.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $63.72 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.42% or 5.00 to trade at $1180.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1232, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.7182.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 95.34.