Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc), which rose 4.34% or 1.88 points to trade at 45.34 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) added 2.00% or 1.70 points to end at 86.84 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.89% or 3.40 points to 183.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which lost 4.53% or 7.55 points to trade at 159.05 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.93% or 0.485 points to end at 24.680 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) shed 1.48% or 0.46 points to 30.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 68 to 47 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.02% to 16.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.73% or 1.13 to $64.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.47% or 1.02 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.16% or 15.60 to trade at $1326.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.45.