Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which rose 3.07% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Vopak (AMS:VOPA) added 2.88% or 1.26 points to end at 45.19 and NN Group (AMS:NN) was up 1.91% or 0.48 points to 25.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which fell 3.55% or 4.15 points to trade at 112.80 at the close. Wolters Kluwer (AMS:WLSNc) declined 0.96% or 0.25 points to end at 25.71 and ASML Holding (AMS:ASML) was down 0.70% or 0.62 points to 88.41.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 116 to 98 and 4 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 5.25% to 28.53 a new 3-years high.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.80% or 0.94 to $51.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.57% or 0.33 to hit $56.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.70% or 8.10 to trade at $1160.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1063, while EUR/GBP rose 1.27% to 0.7212.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 96.50.