Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 8.79% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 1.88% or 0.047 points to end at 2.551 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.41% or 1.220 points to 87.920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which fell 2.45% or 0.57 points to trade at 22.74 at the close. Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) declined 2.20% or 0.73 points to end at 32.39 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was down 1.49% or 1.22 points to 80.42.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 68 to 67 and 7 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 0.11% to 16.83.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.47% or 0.24 to $51.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.35% or 0.21 to hit $60.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 5.90 to trade at $1225.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8858.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.975.