Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Support Services and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.78% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which rose 3.27% or 4.00 points to trade at 126.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco SE (AMS:UNBP) added 2.52% or 6.05 points to end at 246.45 and OCI (AMS:OCI) was up 2.34% or 0.615 points to 26.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ASML Holding (AMS:ASML), which fell 5.03% or 4.94 points to trade at 93.32 at the close. Gemalto (AMS:GTO) declined 5.03% or 4.18 points to end at 78.95 and Vopak (AMS:VOPA) was down 1.66% or 0.79 points to 46.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 186 to 60 and 5 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 6.41% to 16.63 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.19% or 0.10 to $51.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $57.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.70 to trade at $1143.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.0876, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.6972.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 97.78.