Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food Producers, Basic Materials and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.82% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Aalberts Industries (AS:AALB), which rose 5.62% or 1.50 points to trade at 28.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 5.28% or 3.24 points to end at 64.57 and KPN Kon (AS:KPN) was up 3.66% or 0.117 points to 3.315 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which fell 1.99% or 0.36 points to trade at 17.69 at the close. Randstad (AS:RAND) declined 1.15% or 0.58 points to end at 50.03 and TNT Express (AS:TNTE) was down 0.23% or 0.018 points to 7.682.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 133 to 37 and 3 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 9.04% to 19.54 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.20% or 0.09 to $45.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the December Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1167.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.84% to 1.1131, while EUR/GBP fell 1.60% to 0.7236.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.31% at 96.32.