Netherlands stocks lower at close of trade; AEX down 0.15%

Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms , Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the AEX were DSM Firmenich AG (AS:DSFIR ), which rose 1.20% or 1.25 points to trade at 105.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Relx PLC (AS:REL ) added 0.77% or 0.34 points to end at 44.78 and Heineken (AS:HEIN ) was up 0.40% or 0.28 points to 70.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN ), which fell 2.39% or 0.09 points to trade at 3.59 at the close. Prosus (AS:PRX ) declined 1.78% or 0.74 points to end at 40.51 and Randstad NV (AS:RAND ) was down 1.26% or 0.55 points to 43.04.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 63 to 32 and 12 ended unchanged.

The AEX Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.83% or 0.57 to $68.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.61% or 0.44 to hit $72.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.18% or 31.75 to trade at $2,717.55 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.45% to 0.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 106.19.

Source: Investing.com