Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Food Producers and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which rose 0.30% or 0.03 points to trade at 10.11 at the close. Meanwhile, DSM Kon (AMS:DSMN) added 0.21% or 0.11 points to end at 53.49 and ASML Holding (AMS:ASML) was down 0.16% or 0.16 points to 99.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which fell 6.55% or 8.60 points to trade at 122.60 at the close. Boskalis Westmin (AMS:BOSN) declined 1.84% or 0.85 points to end at 45.37 and NN Group (AMS:NN) was down 1.44% or 0.39 points to 26.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 179 to 62 and 5 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 6.30% to 18.45.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.56% or 1.53 to $58.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.80% or 1.83 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.45% or 17.50 to trade at $1187.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.87% to 1.0883, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7068.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.89% at 97.32.