Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.25% or 0.620 points to trade at 28.135 at the close. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 1.01% or 0.80 points to end at 79.90 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was up 0.91% or 0.03 points to 2.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc), which lost 2.48% or 1.28 points to trade at 50.28 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.66% or 3.15 points to end at 186.70 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) shed 1.47% or 0.430 points to 28.910.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 48 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 2.59% to 11.66.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.28% or 0.88 to $67.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.06% or 1.53 to hit $72.68 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 6.60 to trade at $1217.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1662, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8894.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.47.