Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.08% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO), which rose 2.56% or 0.40 points to trade at 15.79 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) added 1.47% or 0.28 points to end at 19.04 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) was up 1.18% or 0.46 points to 39.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which lost 1.37% or 1.13 points to trade at 81.51 in late trade. ASML Holding (AS:ASML) declined 1.02% or 1.25 points to end at 121.85 and Randstad (AS:RAND) shed 0.78% or 0.43 points to 54.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 78 to 49 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 0.78% to 12.59 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.36% or 0.18 to $49.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $52.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.92 to trade at $1265.28 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.0871, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8471.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.13.