Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the AEX Technology, AEX Consumer Good and AEX Consumer Service sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 1.53% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI), which rose 4.71% or 6.65 points to trade at 147.80 at the close. ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) added 4.59% or 32.70 points to end at 745.40 and ASM International NV (AS:ASMI) was up 4.11% or 24.60 points to 623.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prosus (AS:PRX), which fell 0.52% or 0.18 points to trade at 34.41 in late trade. Shell PLC (AS:SHEL) added 0.11% or 0.04 points to end at 32.17 and Exor NV (AS:EXOR) up 0.39% or 0.35 points to 90.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 61 to 39 and 10 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.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.32% or 1.04 to $77.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.21% or 0.99 to hit $81.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 37.29 to trade at $2,755.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 108.82.