Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.62% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN), which rose 4.95% or 4.08 points to trade at 86.50 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 3.08% or 0.22 points to end at 7.50 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) was up 2.64% or 0.80 points to 31.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Heineken (AS:HEIN), which lost 1.11% or 1.00 points to trade at 88.94 in late trade. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 1.02% or 0.40 points to end at 38.70 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) shed 0.83% or 0.145 points to 17.265.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 39 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 7.71% to 13.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $66.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.44% or 19.60 to trade at $1340.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.2323, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 89.50.