Netherlands stocks lower at close of trade; AEX down 0.28%

Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.28%.

The best performers of the session on the AEX were Adyen NV (AS:ADYEN ), which rose 1.79% or 24.20 points to trade at 1,379.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Universal Music Group NV (AS:UMG ) added 1.32% or 0.31 points to end at 23.73 and ASM International NV (AS:ASMI ) was up 1.11% or 6.40 points to 583.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT ), which fell 3.49% or 0.81 points to trade at 22.41 at the close. Prosus (AS:PRX ) declined 2.83% or 1.17 points to end at 40.12 and Heineken (AS:HEIN ) was down 2.24% or 1.76 points to 76.94.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 57 to 34 and 16 ended unchanged.

Shares in Heineken (AS:HEIN ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.24% or 1.76 to 76.94.

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

Crude oil for November delivery was down 4.39% or 3.39 to $73.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.37% or 3.54 to hit $77.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 32.70 to trade at $2,633.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.30.

Source: Investing.com