Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 4.92% or 0.37 points to trade at 7.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND) added 3.32% or 1.86 points to end at 57.86 and Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) was up 2.97% or 2.34 points to 81.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which fell 0.17% or 0.030 points to trade at 17.634 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) declined 0.13% or 0.035 points to end at 25.920 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was down 0.02% or 0.01 points to 49.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 84 to 35 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 23.30% to 16.99.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.39% or 0.23 to $59.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.53% or 0.33 to hit $63.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.58% or 21.00 to trade at $1351.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.2408, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 89.18.