Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Relx NV (AS:RELN), which rose 2.83% or 0.450 points to trade at 16.335 at the close. Aalberts Industries (AS:AALB) added 2.19% or 0.64 points to end at 29.66 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.79% or 0.875 points to 49.890 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa), which lost 3.74% or 0.92 points to trade at 23.57 in late trade. SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) declined 2.19% or 0.27 points to end at 12.08 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) shed 1.70% or 0.169 points to 9.780.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 72 and 10 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.54% to 18.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.81% or 0.76 to $41.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.46% or 0.64 to hit $43.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.48% or 6.35 to trade at $1340.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1082, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.8430.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 96.60.