Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 4.29% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.94% or 1.620 points to end at 85.000 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 1.22% or 0.27 points to 22.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN), which fell 2.34% or 2.09 points to trade at 87.07 at the close. ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) declined 1.57% or 0.56 points to end at 35.02 and Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) was down 1.19% or 0.50 points to 41.41.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 61 to 61 and 18 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 7.99% to 12.48.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.20% or 0.13 to $65.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.11% or 0.83 to hit $74.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1275.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1591, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.66.