Netherlands Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.

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

Best Performers

• BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI): rose 5.68% or 5.70 points to trade at 106.00.
• Unilever PLC (AS:ULVR): added 2.94% or 1.64 points to end at 57.46.
• Relx PLC (AS:REL): up 0.92% or 0.40 points to 43.70.

Worst Performers

• DSM Firmenich AG (AS:DSFIR): fell 2.17% or 2.50 points to trade at 112.75.
• Akzo Nobel NV (AS:AKZO): declined 1.74% or 1.06 points to end at 59.82.
• ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd): down 0.49% or 0.08 points to 15.12.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 54 to 45, with 8 ending unchanged.

The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged at 21.09.

Commodities

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

Currency Exchange

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

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.07.