Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Support Services, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Randstad (AMS:RAND), which rose 1.83% or 1.14 points to trade at 63.49 at the close. Meanwhile, NN Group (AMS:NN) added 1.17% or 0.32 points to end at 27.71 and ASML Holding (AMS:ASML) was up 1.14% or 1.05 points to 92.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which fell 1.55% or 1.95 points to trade at 124.20 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell A (AMS:RDSa) declined 1.52% or 0.39 points to end at 25.34 and Heineken (AMS:HEIN) was down 1.39% or 1.02 points to 72.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 117 to 99 and 3 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.40% to 15.80.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.77% or 0.38 to $48.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $55.94 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.35% or 3.80 to trade at $1095.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.0993, while EUR/GBP rose 1.23% to 0.7085.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 97.26.