Netherlands shares higher at close of trade; AEX up 1.77%

Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil&Gas and Construction&Materials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 1.77%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Adyen NV (AS:ADYEN), which rose 5.61% or 74.20 points to trade at 1,396.20 at the close. ASM International NV (AS:ASMI) added 5.57% or 31.20 points to end at 591.20 and Prosus (AS:PRX) was up 4.73% or 1.54 points to 34.07 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN), which lost 2.20% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.61 in late trade. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) declined 1.04% or 0.32 points to end at 30.56 and DSM Firmenich AG (AS:DSFIR) shed 0.90% or 1.05 points to 116.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 82 to 19 and 7 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 November delivery was up 2.19% or 1.53 to $71.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.93% or 1.42 to hit $75.07 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 16.05 to trade at $2,614.65 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.44.