Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were NN Group (AS:NN), which rose 1.67% or 0.47 points to trade at 28.64 at the close. Meanwhile, OCI (AS:OCI) added 1.36% or 0.235 points to end at 17.505 and Boskalis Westmin (AS:BOSN) was up 1.08% or 0.35 points to 32.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 24.80% or 1.20 points to trade at 3.64 at the close. Delta Lloyd (AS:DLL) declined 5.05% or 0.28 points to end at 5.30 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was down 2.62% or 0.42 points to 15.63.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 108 to 56 and 14 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.06% to 21.24.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.26% or 0.84 to $36.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.30% or 0.91 to hit $38.62 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.21% or 15.10 to trade at $1230.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1110, while EUR/GBP rose 1.12% to 0.7853.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 96.66.