Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 1.30% or 0.71 points to trade at 55.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Randstad (AS:RAND) added 0.92% or 0.49 points to end at 53.58 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 0.81% or 1.80 points to 224.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 2.00% or 0.153 points to trade at 7.499 at the close. ASML Holding (AS:ASML) declined 0.90% or 1.10 points to end at 121.70 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was down 0.63% or 0.50 points to 79.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 65 to 60 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.46% to 17.03 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.36% or 0.19 to $53.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $56.02 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 17.75 to trade at $1271.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0612, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.62.