Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 1.33% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO), which rose 4.75% or 0.52 points to trade at 11.37 at the close. Boskalis Westmin (AS:BOSN) added 4.08% or 1.38 points to end at 35.03 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 3.55% or 0.13 points to 3.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NN Group (AS:NN), which lost 0.71% or 0.21 points to trade at 29.22 in late trade. Aegon (AS:AEGN) declined 0.65% or 0.032 points to end at 4.904 and ING Groep NV (AS:ING) gained 0.05% or 0.005 points to 10.865.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 140 to 25 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 8.31% to 20.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.65% or 0.25 to $38.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.00% or 0.40 to hit $40.25 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.69% or 8.60 to trade at $1228.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1325, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.7873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.88.