Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 4.13% or 1.020 points to trade at 25.700 at the close. ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) added 1.75% or 0.42 points to end at 24.47 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) was up 1.31% or 0.56 points to 43.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which lost 1.87% or 1.46 points to trade at 76.74 in late trade. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) declined 0.93% or 0.023 points to end at 2.437 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) shed 0.83% or 0.06 points to 6.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 72 to 47 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 11.88% to 14.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.48% or 0.31 to $64.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1323.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.