Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Heineken (AS:HEIN), which rose 1.25% or 1.08 points to trade at 87.66 at the close. Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) added 1.17% or 0.54 points to end at 46.17 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 1.07% or 0.26 points to 24.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which lost 3.81% or 3.040 points to trade at 76.780 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.72% or 0.955 points to end at 24.715 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) shed 3.27% or 5.30 points to 157.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 80 to 39 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.99% to 16.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.38% or 0.24 to $63.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.47% or 0.32 to hit $67.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.20 to trade at $1339.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.70.