Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN), which rose 0.98% or 0.84 points to trade at 86.26 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) added 0.73% or 0.150 points to end at 20.565 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) was up 0.40% or 0.19 points to 47.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which lost 3.57% or 0.85 points to trade at 22.97 in late trade. Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) declined 2.75% or 0.148 points to end at 5.230 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) shed 1.47% or 0.05 points to 3.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 43 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 12.45% to 14.04.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.11% or 0.07 to $65.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.43% or 1.07 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.40 to trade at $1270.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1597, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8759.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.59.