Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL), which rose 3.25% or 1.28 points to trade at 40.72 at the close. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) added 1.34% or 0.59 points to end at 44.57 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) was up 0.71% or 0.200 points to 28.410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 4.83% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.64 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 4.33% or 8.25 points to end at 182.15 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) shed 1.70% or 1.520 points to 87.740.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 38 and 14 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 6.87% to 12.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.62% or 0.43 to $69.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.48% or 0.37 to hit $77.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.30 to trade at $1204.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1655, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 94.74.