Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 1.45%.

The best performers of the session on the AEX were Randstad NV (AS: RAND ), which rose 8.07% or 2.67 points to trade at 35.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Akzo Nobel NV (AS: AKZO ) added 7.27% or 3.76 points to end at 55.46 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) was up 5.34% or 1.29 points to 25.47 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unilever PLC (AS: ULVR ), which fell 1.13% or 0.64 points to trade at 56.24 at the close. Wolters Kluwer (AS: WLSNc ) declined 0.13% or 0.20 points to end at 150.05 and Heineken (AS: HEIN ) was down 0.13% or 0.10 points to 77.58.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 74 to 22 and 9 ended unchanged.

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

Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.75% or 1.75 to $61.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.48% or 1.67 to hit $65.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 3.50% or 119.76 to trade at $3,299.64 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 99.38.