Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.03% or 2.380 points to trade at 80.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Gemalto (AS:GTO) added 1.22% or 0.61 points to end at 50.75 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) was up 1.16% or 0.17 points to 15.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randstad (AS:RAND), which fell 1.21% or 0.66 points to trade at 53.76 at the close. Aegon (AS:AEGN) declined 0.94% or 0.045 points to end at 4.765 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was down 0.89% or 0.69 points to 76.91.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 72 to 52 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.03% or 2.380 to 80.870.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.24% to 13.52.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.03% or 0.98 to $49.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.87% or 0.96 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.65 to trade at $1250.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0754, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.92.