Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 3.27% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.98 at the close. ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) added 0.31% or 0.06 points to end at 18.00 and TNT Express (AS:TNTE) was up 0.01% or 0.001 points to 7.886 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever NV (AS:UNc), which lost 2.33% or 0.94 points to trade at 39.38 in late trade. ING Groep NV (AS:ING) declined 2.16% or 0.235 points to end at 10.630 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) shed 2.11% or 0.330 points to 15.345.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 63 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.22% to 21.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.05% or 0.02 to $38.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.40% or 0.16 to hit $40.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.59% or 7.30 to trade at $1235.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1384, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.7908.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.54.