Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Delta Lloyd (AS:DLL), which rose 14.22% or 0.75 points to trade at 6.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 4.41% or 0.69 points to end at 16.32 and Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) was up 2.50% or 0.53 points to 21.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:ING), which fell 1.55% or 0.180 points to trade at 11.420 at the close. Randstad (AS:RAND) declined 1.41% or 0.68 points to end at 47.70 and Unilever NV (AS:UNc) was down 0.99% or 0.40 points to 39.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 109 to 58 and 12 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 0.32% to 21.17 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 4.05% or 1.47 to $37.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 3.10% or 1.20 to hit $39.94 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1230.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1074, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7860.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 96.95.