Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which rose 2.35% or 0.58 points to trade at 25.23 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 2.03% or 0.305 points to end at 15.335 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was up 1.07% or 1.55 points to 145.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN), which fell 1.68% or 0.051 points to trade at 2.993 at the close. Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) declined 1.20% or 0.38 points to end at 31.33 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 0.94% or 0.680 points to 72.010.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 66 to 59 and 5 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 8.17% to 11.25.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.18% or 0.66 to $56.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.42% or 0.87 to hit $62.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.90% or 11.40 to trade at $1254.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1791, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.63.