Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN), which rose 0.94% or 0.024 points to trade at 2.569 at the close. ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) added 0.83% or 0.17 points to end at 20.70 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 0.51% or 0.68 points to 133.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Randstad NV (AS:RAND), which lost 6.78% or 2.65 points to trade at 36.41 in late trade. Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) declined 4.82% or 1.48 points to end at 29.10 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) shed 4.16% or 5.72 points to 131.74.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 47 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.14% to 21.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.60% or 0.28 to $46.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.97% or 0.53 to hit $55.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.30 to trade at $1292.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.9021.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 95.830.