Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Royal Dutch Shell A (AMS:RDSa), which rose 4.94% or 1.24 points to trade at 26.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Ahold Kon (AMS:AHLN) added 2.88% or 0.51 points to end at 18.04 and Gemalto (AMS:GTO) was up 1.75% or 1.36 points to 79.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which fell 4.02% or 4.80 points to trade at 114.50 at the close. Randstad (AMS:RAND) declined 1.28% or 0.79 points to end at 60.97 and OCI (AMS:OCI) was down 1.23% or 0.360 points to 28.875.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 136 to 77 and 2 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.24% to 18.05.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.14% or 0.07 to $48.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $53.37 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.40% or 4.40 to trade at $1088.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.77% to 1.0899, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.7001.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 97.86.