Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which rose 0.74% or 0.56 points to trade at 75.98 at the close. Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) added 0.73% or 0.34 points to end at 46.99 and SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) was up 0.57% or 0.09 points to 15.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relx NV (AS:RELN), which lost 3.77% or 0.675 points to trade at 17.240 in late trade. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) declined 2.23% or 0.630 points to end at 27.605 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) shed 1.89% or 3.90 points to 202.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 52 and 18 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 6.26% to 13.60 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.14% or 0.74 to $65.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.75% or 0.52 to hit $69.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.60 to trade at $1345.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.2485, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 88.62.