Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 0.34% or 0.17 points to trade at 49.60 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) added 0.33% or 0.28 points to end at 85.60 and Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) was up 0.18% or 0.08 points to 43.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.84% or 1.045 points to trade at 26.175 in late trade. ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) declined 3.50% or 0.87 points to end at 23.96 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) shed 3.08% or 0.432 points to 13.590.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 21 and 14 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 24.33% to 16.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.20% or 0.78 to $64.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.72% or 0.50 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.10 to trade at $1327.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2305, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8719.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.47.