Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa), which rose 1.74% or 0.38 points to trade at 22.22 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 1.58% or 0.20 points to end at 13.14 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) was up 1.34% or 0.195 points to 14.705 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NN Group (AS:NN), which lost 1.61% or 0.48 points to trade at 29.34 in late trade. ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) declined 1.31% or 0.24 points to end at 18.50 and ING Groep NV (AS:ING) shed 0.93% or 0.095 points to 10.115.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 58 and 19 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 4.03% to 22.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.26% or 0.99 to $44.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.61% or 0.72 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1277.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.7875.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 93.75.