Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 5.17% or 1.73 points to trade at 35.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) added 5.13% or 0.830 points to end at 17.005 and SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) was up 4.60% or 0.62 points to 14.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which fell 3.47% or 0.90 points to trade at 24.91 at the close. Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) declined 1.56% or 0.55 points to end at 34.63 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was down 1.33% or 2.10 points to 156.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 66 to 64 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 2.27% to 11.32.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.07% or 0.61 to $57.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.32% or 0.84 to hit $64.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.37 to trade at $1286.17 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1590, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.78.