diff --git a/lib/ace/mode/batchfile_highlight_rules.js b/lib/ace/mode/batchfile_highlight_rules.js
index 488edbb9..be0380d8 100644
--- a/lib/ace/mode/batchfile_highlight_rules.js
+++ b/lib/ace/mode/batchfile_highlight_rules.js
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ var BatchFileHighlightRules = function() {
          { token: 'keyword.operator.redirect.shell',
            regex: '&>|\\d*>&\\d*|\\d*(?:>>|>|<)|\\d*<&|\\d*<>' } ],
         variable: [
-         { token: 'constant.numeric', regex: '%%\\w+'},
+         { token: 'constant.numeric', regex: '%%\\w+|%[*\\d]|%\\w+%'},
+         { token: 'constant.numeric', regex: '%~\\d+'},
          { token: ['markup.list', 'constant.other', 'markup.list'],
             regex: '(%)(\\w+)(%?)' }]}