Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Support Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Randstad (AMS:RAND), which rose 2.36% or 1.32 points to trade at 57.32 at the close. Wolters Kluwer (AMS:WLSNc) added 2.18% or 0.68 points to end at 31.70 and Altice SA (AMS:ATCE) was up 2.15% or 2.25 points to 106.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OCI (AMS:OCI), which lost 1.61% or 0.465 points to trade at 28.490 in late trade. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 0.36% or 0.03 points to end at 8.90 and TNT Express (AMS:TNTE) shed 0.29% or 0.022 points to 7.657.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 184 to 60 and 5 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 5.23% to 17.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.65% or 0.83 to $51.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.89% or 1.60 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.65% or 7.80 to trade at $1195.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.12% to 1.0659, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.7240.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 99.19.