Netherlands shares higher at close of trade; AEX up 0.67%

Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.67%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI), which rose 5.68% or 5.70 points to trade at 106.00 at the close. Unilever PLC (AS:ULVR) added 2.94% or 1.64 points to end at 57.46 and Relx PLC (AS:REL) was up 0.92% or 0.40 points to 43.70 in late trade.

Biggest losers included DSM Firmenich AG (AS:DSFIR), which lost 2.17% or 2.50 points to trade at 112.75 in late trade. Akzo Nobel NV (AS:AKZO) declined 1.74% or 1.06 points to end at 59.82 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 0.49% or 0.08 points to 15.12.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 54 to 45 and 8 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.05% or 0.74 to $70.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.93% or 0.70 to hit $74.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 13.10 to trade at $2,742.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.06.