Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 1.80% or 0.210 points to trade at 11.850 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 1.47% or 0.24 points to end at 16.91 and DSM Kon (AS:DSMN) was up 1.45% or 0.87 points to 61.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which lost 1.34% or 0.81 points to trade at 59.76 in late trade. Aalberts Industries (AS:AALB) declined 1.27% or 0.38 points to end at 29.07 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) shed 1.12% or 0.63 points to 55.59.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 84 to 82 and 18 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 4.02% to 15.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.79% or 0.93 to $50.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.03% or 1.07 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1266.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.0931, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 98.27.