Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were OCI (AMS:OCI), which rose 3.60% or 1.090 points to trade at 31.395 at the close. NN Group (AMS:NN) added 1.85% or 0.52 points to end at 28.30 and Unilever NV (AMS:UNc) was up 0.73% or 0.30 points to 42.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which lost 3.14% or 3.80 points to trade at 117.15 in late trade. Relx NV (AMS:RELX) declined 2.22% or 0.340 points to end at 14.965 and ASML Holding (AMS:ASML) shed 2.15% or 1.96 points to 89.16.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 91 and 2 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.05% to 16.51.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.99% or 0.90 to $44.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.26% or 0.62 to hit $48.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.55% or 6.00 to trade at $1091.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.0931, while EUR/GBP rose 0.76% to 0.7043.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 97.85.