Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which rose 1.46% or 1.14 points to trade at 79.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Randstad (AS:RAND) added 1.19% or 0.62 points to end at 52.70 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) was up 1.07% or 0.17 points to 15.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NN Group (AS:NN), which fell 1.28% or 0.38 points to trade at 29.39 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 1.10% or 0.23 points to end at 20.75 and Aegon (AS:AEGN) was down 0.74% or 0.035 points to 4.669.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 67 to 56 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) rose to all time highs; rising 1.46% or 1.14 to 79.10.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.35% to 14.74 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.45% or 0.23 to $51.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.55% or 0.30 to hit $54.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.15 to trade at $1249.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.57.