Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Technology and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding (AMS:ASML), which rose 10.78% or 9.88 points to trade at 101.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Gemalto (AMS:GTO) added 1.94% or 1.58 points to end at 83.16 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was up 1.47% or 0.13 points to 8.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vopak (AMS:VOPA), which fell 3.67% or 1.84 points to trade at 48.48 at the close. Heineken (AMS:HEIN) declined 3.01% or 2.28 points to end at 73.47 and Altice SA (AMS:ATCE) was down 2.24% or 2.30 points to 100.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 175 to 71 and 6 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 0.35% to 19.64.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.42% or 0.24 to $56.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.22% or 0.76 to hit $62.84 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.25% or 15.00 to trade at $1188.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0720, while EUR/GBP fell 0.76% to 0.7137.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.28.