Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Oil & Gas 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 NN Group NV (AS:NN), which rose 1.14% or 0.43 points to trade at 38.25 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 1.11% or 0.240 points to end at 21.770 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) was up 0.73% or 0.16 points to 21.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which lost 2.27% or 0.254 points to trade at 10.936 in late trade. Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) declined 1.79% or 0.57 points to end at 31.36 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) shed 1.40% or 0.034 points to 2.400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 40 and 6 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 6.78% to 17.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.53% or 0.30 to $56.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.92% or 0.61 to hit $66.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 13.80 to trade at $1213.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1322, while EUR/GBP rose 1.83% to 0.8863.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 96.96.