Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO), which rose 4.65% or 0.60 points to trade at 13.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) added 4.13% or 0.950 points to end at 23.980 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 2.87% or 0.57 points to 20.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which fell 1.70% or 0.83 points to trade at 48.12 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 1.64% or 0.31 points to end at 18.61 and Philips Kon (AS:PHG) was down 1.40% or 0.39 points to 27.14.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 96 to 75 and 10 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.88% to 18.93.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 8.53% or 3.86 to $49.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 8.92% or 4.22 to hit $51.54 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.26% or 14.95 to trade at $1175.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0591, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.8477.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 101.58.