Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Support Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa), which rose 5.86% or 1.23 points to trade at 22.23 at the close. SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) added 3.87% or 0.47 points to end at 12.61 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 2.29% or 0.124 points to 5.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gemalto (AS:GTO), which lost 4.76% or 2.84 points to trade at 56.85 in late trade. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 2.05% or 0.42 points to end at 20.11 and Randstad (AS:RAND) shed 1.92% or 0.80 points to 40.88.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 73 and 19 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.45% to 17.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.49% or 1.17 to $48.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.23% or 1.10 to hit $50.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1322.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8655.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 95.27.