Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 14.94% or 1.95 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) added 2.22% or 0.27 points to end at 12.18 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 2.17% or 0.37 points to 17.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa), which lost 0.26% or 0.06 points to trade at 22.62 in late trade. Heineken (AS:HEIN) declined 0.04% or 0.03 points to end at 80.17 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) gained 0.18% or 0.10 points to 54.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.91% to 16.17 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.58% or 0.25 to $42.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $45.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.65 to trade at $1345.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1108, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 96.11.