Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB), which rose 2.54% or 1.05 points to trade at 42.43 at the close. ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) added 2.03% or 3.30 points to end at 165.65 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.84% or 3.45 points to 191.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 1.77% or 0.14 points to trade at 7.76 in late trade. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) declined 1.30% or 0.033 points to end at 2.509 and Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) shed 1.11% or 0.90 points to 80.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 59 to 53 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.06% to 16.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.76% or 1.73 to $60.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.52% or 1.66 to hit $64.13 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 9.00 to trade at $1326.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.2393, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 89.69.