Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Support Services, Telecoms and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.42%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Randstad (AMS:RAND), which rose 4.30% or 2.27 points to trade at 55.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Vopak (AMS:VOPA) added 3.99% or 1.80 points to end at 46.95 and Aalberts Industries (AMS:AALB) was up 2.70% or 0.74 points to 28.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL), which rose 0.10% or 0.01 points to trade at 15.11 at the close. DSM Kon (AMS:DSMN) added 0.15% or 0.08 points to end at 53.66 and TNT Express (AMS:TNTE) was up 0.20% or 0.015 points to 7.655.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 170 to 73 and 2 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 5.28% to 20.35.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.43% or 0.86 to $61.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.09% or 0.70 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.75% or 8.80 to trade at $1186.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1295, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.7293.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 94.81.