Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 3.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 5.77% or 2.97 points to trade at 54.43 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) added 4.74% or 1.11 points to end at 24.51 and KPN Kon (AS:KPN) was up 4.65% or 0.142 points to 3.198 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which lost 1.41% or 0.21 points to trade at 14.65 in late trade. Aegon (AS:AEGN) declined 0.79% or 0.028 points to end at 3.529 and Aalberts Industries (AS:AALB) gained 0.64% or 0.17 points to 26.92.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 29 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 8.13% to 25.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.90% or 1.39 to $49.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.88% or 1.42 to hit $50.68 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.70% or 9.25 to trade at $1327.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1103, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.8233.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 95.80.