Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which rose 3.00% or 4.56 points to trade at 156.40 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 2.84% or 0.06 points to end at 2.13 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was up 0.96% or 0.76 points to 80.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which lost 3.02% or 0.635 points to trade at 20.400 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 2.44% or 2.550 points to end at 102.000 and Relx PLC (AS:REL) shed 1.78% or 0.325 points to 17.940.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 58 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 6.58% to 12.83.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.23% or 1.57 to $68.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.67% or 1.33 to hit $78.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1208.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.60.