Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL), which rose 1.75% or 0.66 points to trade at 38.32 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 1.25% or 0.09 points to end at 7.28 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) was up 1.15% or 0.028 points to 2.460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which lost 4.00% or 1.63 points to trade at 39.10 in late trade. Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) declined 2.19% or 0.68 points to end at 30.32 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) shed 1.93% or 1.540 points to 78.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 48 and 16 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.01% to 14.71.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.06% or 1.35 to $66.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.52% or 1.08 to hit $72.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 15.80 to trade at $1361.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2380, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.14.