Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.48% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which rose 2.27% or 0.44 points to trade at 19.86 at the close. ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) added 1.33% or 1.74 points to end at 132.62 and ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) was up 0.77% or 0.26 points to 33.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 4.32% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.61 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 3.05% or 2.380 points to end at 75.600 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 1.82% or 0.37 points to 19.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 29 and 14 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 12.68% to 23.86 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.71% or 1.73 to $44.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.80% or 2.10 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 9.95 to trade at $1279.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1441, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.9044.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.042.