Netherlands stocks higher at close of trade; AEX up 0.46%

Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Amsterdam, the gained 0.46%.

The best performers of the session on the were IMCD NV (AS:), which rose 1.65% or 2.30 points to trade at 141.50 at the close. Meanwhile, ASM International NV (AS:) added 1.28% or 7.20 points to end at 570.00 and Randstad NV (AS:) was up 1.24% or 0.49 points to 40.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Prosus (AS:), which fell 0.98% or 0.39 points to trade at 38.90 at the close. Aegon Ltd (AS:) declined 0.18% or 0.01 points to end at 5.61 and Exor NV (AS:) was down 0.06% or 0.05 points to 88.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 72 to 21 and 12 ended unchanged.

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

Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.34% or 0.93 to $70.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.22% or 0.88 to hit $73.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 3.31 to trade at $2,631.51 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 108.00.