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Netherlands shares lower at close of trade; AEX down 0.26%

Published 09/08/2018, 17:35
Updated 09/08/2018, 17:35
© Reuters.  Netherlands shares lower at close of trade; AEX down 0.26%

© Reuters. Netherlands shares lower at close of trade; AEX down 0.26%

Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.26%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 2.03% or 0.05 points to trade at 2.46 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) added 1.40% or 0.290 points to end at 20.945 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was up 1.29% or 1.04 points to 81.76 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa), which lost 1.47% or 0.425 points to trade at 28.520 in late trade. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 1.39% or 0.60 points to end at 42.49 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) shed 0.89% or 1.65 points to 183.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 64 to 58 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 10.67% to 10.05 a new 6-month low.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $66.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $72.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1220.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8994.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 95.24.

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