Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 2.52% or 0.57 points to trade at 23.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 1.90% or 0.350 points to end at 18.800 and Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) was up 1.72% or 0.54 points to 31.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever NV (AS:UNc), which fell 1.32% or 0.67 points to trade at 50.21 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) declined 1.22% or 1.08 points to end at 87.32 and Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) was down 1.01% or 0.30 points to 29.34.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 64 to 63 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 8.63% to 10.73.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.31% or 0.14 to $45.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 13.32 to trade at $1279.88 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1218, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8676.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.95.