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Netherlands shares lower at close of trade; AEX down 0.27%

Published 02/01/2019, 17:35
© Reuters.  Netherlands shares lower at close of trade; AEX down 0.27%
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Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.27%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which rose 2.39% or 0.49 points to trade at 20.96 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) added 1.17% or 0.300 points to end at 25.955 and ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) was up 0.98% or 0.34 points to 34.92 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Randstad NV (AS:RAND), which lost 2.57% or 1.03 points to trade at 39.06 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.44% or 0.442 points to end at 17.698 and Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) shed 2.27% or 0.66 points to 28.39.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 80 to 52 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.69% to 21.67.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.03% or 1.83 to $47.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.57% or 1.92 to hit $55.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.55 to trade at $1287.85 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.96% to 1.1352, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.9011.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 96.370.

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