Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND), which rose 0.88% or 0.50 points to trade at 57.32 at the close. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) added 0.34% or 0.13 points to end at 38.25 and Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) was up 0.22% or 0.07 points to 32.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which lost 3.01% or 0.562 points to trade at 18.136 in late trade. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 2.71% or 0.26 points to end at 9.26 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) shed 2.22% or 3.70 points to 163.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 33 and 21 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.80% to 10.75.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.51% or 0.33 to $64.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $69.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.19% or 15.90 to trade at $1352.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.2388, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8728.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 89.14.