Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.60% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN), which rose 2.36% or 0.055 points to trade at 2.386 at the close. Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) added 1.76% or 0.90 points to end at 52.00 and Relx PLC (AS:REL) was up 1.41% or 0.240 points to 17.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 5.83% or 1.340 points to trade at 21.635 in late trade. ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) declined 3.65% or 5.40 points to end at 142.46 and Randstad NV (AS:RAND) shed 3.53% or 1.51 points to 41.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 76 to 48 and 14 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 10.86% to 18.88 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.73% or 1.15 to $67.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.23% or 0.94 to hit $77.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1231.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1395, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8833.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 96.12.