Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc), which rose 1.63% or 0.59 points to trade at 36.70 at the close. SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) added 1.55% or 0.20 points to end at 13.45 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was up 1.36% or 1.18 points to 88.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which lost 1.18% or 0.18 points to trade at 15.10 in late trade. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 0.63% or 0.23 points to end at 35.55 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) shed 0.23% or 0.18 points to 76.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 42 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.78% to 13.07.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.57% or 1.18 to $47.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.59% or 1.82 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 9.23 to trade at $1323.33 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1882, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.9217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.81.