Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Heineken (AS:HEIN), which rose 2.67% or 2.28 points to trade at 87.58 at the close. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 2.56% or 2.02 points to end at 80.78 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was up 2.37% or 0.18 points to 7.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which lost 10.79% or 3.25 points to trade at 26.88 in late trade. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 1.57% or 0.290 points to end at 18.152 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 1.36% or 0.365 points to 26.560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 39 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 12.27% to 14.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.19% or 0.73 to $60.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.87% or 0.56 to hit $63.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 6.30 to trade at $1321.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.77% to 1.2315, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 90.11.