Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 2.39% or 0.53 points to trade at 22.68 at the close. Meanwhile, ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) added 2.15% or 0.48 points to end at 23.00 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was up 1.94% or 0.086 points to 4.518 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which fell 0.36% or 0.11 points to trade at 30.57 at the close. Unilever NV (AS:UNc) declined 0.28% or 0.14 points to end at 50.56 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) was up 0.04% or 0.01 points to 39.06.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 91 to 30 and 12 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 6.65% to 11.27.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.10% or 0.53 to $48.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.69% or 0.35 to hit $51.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.33 to trade at $1263.67 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.