Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 0.59% or 0.500 points to trade at 85.320 at the close. Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) added 0.52% or 0.22 points to end at 42.86 and Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND) was up 0.49% or 0.26 points to 52.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which lost 2.99% or 0.74 points to trade at 24.02 in late trade. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) declined 1.89% or 0.570 points to end at 29.640 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) shed 1.54% or 0.037 points to 2.371.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 67 to 55 and 18 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 2.47% to 13.50 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.13% or 0.81 to $71.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.75% or 0.60 to hit $79.20 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.14% or 14.70 to trade at $1304.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1730, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.68.