Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Support Services and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were OCI (AMS:OCI), which rose 3.79% or 0.985 points to trade at 27.000 at the close. Gemalto (AMS:GTO) added 2.02% or 1.62 points to end at 81.67 and Ahold Kon (AMS:AHLN) was up 1.57% or 0.28 points to 18.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which lost 1.96% or 0.18 points to trade at 9.15 in late trade. NN Group (AMS:NN) declined 0.90% or 0.23 points to end at 24.86 and Reed Elsevier (AMS:ELSN) shed 0.54% or 0.115 points to 21.355.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 137 to 103 and 5 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.43% to 24.47 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.75% or 0.45 to $60.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.85% or 0.55 to hit $64.42 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.96% or 23.10 to trade at $1199.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1403, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.7185.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 94.08.