Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 1.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB), which rose 3.64% or 1.14 points to trade at 32.45 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) added 3.15% or 0.860 points to end at 28.160 and Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) was up 3.13% or 1.00 points to 32.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc), which lost 2.22% or 1.14 points to trade at 50.16 in late trade. Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) declined 0.26% or 0.12 points to end at 47.52 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) shed 0.07% or 0.12 points to 160.28.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 22 and 4 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 8.58% to 17.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $66.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $76.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.00 to trade at $1216.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1317, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.87.