Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc), which rose 3.42% or 1.72 points to trade at 52.00 at the close. Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 1.21% or 1.10 points to end at 92.00 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 1.10% or 2.05 points to 188.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 16.30% or 0.47 points to trade at 2.41 in late trade. Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) declined 3.18% or 0.180 points to end at 5.472 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 3.13% or 0.880 points to 27.255.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 44 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 7.81% to 12.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.05% or 1.39 to $69.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.42% or 1.03 to hit $73.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.50 to trade at $1223.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1614, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.81.