Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were KPN Kon (AMS:KPN), which rose 3.60% or 0.117 points to trade at 3.368 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) added 2.60% or 5.85 points to end at 231.05 and TNT Express (AMS:TNTE) was up 0.22% or 0.017 points to 7.647 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which lost 2.96% or 0.30 points to trade at 10.00 in late trade. OCI (AMS:OCI) declined 2.14% or 0.560 points to end at 25.620 and Royal Dutch Shell A (AMS:RDSa) shed 1.88% or 0.50 points to 26.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 184 to 55 and 2 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.03% to 20.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.65% or 1.58 to $58.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.74% or 1.75 to hit $62.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.84% or 10.00 to trade at $1174.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1289, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7345.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.25.