Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were NN Group NV (AS:NN), which rose 1.89% or 0.64 points to trade at 34.57 at the close. Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) added 1.65% or 0.080 points to end at 4.943 and Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) was up 1.23% or 0.35 points to 28.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.15% or 0.715 points to trade at 21.985 in late trade. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) declined 2.23% or 0.067 points to end at 2.933 and Unilever NV (AS:UNc) shed 1.48% or 0.74 points to 49.53.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 68 to 59 and 6 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 5.32% to 9.79 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.16% or 0.08 to $50.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.45% or 19.05 to trade at $1297.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1934, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8802.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.01.