Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Aegon (AS:AEGN), which rose 13.32% or 0.546 points to trade at 4.646 at the close. NN Group (AS:NN) added 3.78% or 1.06 points to end at 29.10 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) was up 3.46% or 0.45 points to 13.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KPN Kon (AS:KPN), which lost 5.16% or 0.148 points to trade at 2.720 in late trade. Relx NV (AS:RELN) declined 3.94% or 0.580 points to end at 14.140 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) shed 3.59% or 1.18 points to 31.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 84 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 0.33% to 19.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.39% or 0.63 to $44.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.12% or 0.52 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.49% or 6.25 to trade at $1267.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.0884, while EUR/GBP fell 1.30% to 0.8680.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.82.