Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 1.24% or 0.18 points to trade at 15.11 at the close. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 1.19% or 0.72 points to end at 61.30 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was up 0.90% or 0.56 points to 63.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Randstad (AS:RAND), which lost 2.13% or 0.90 points to trade at 41.38 in late trade. Aegon (AS:AEGN) declined 1.69% or 0.062 points to end at 3.612 and KPN Kon (AS:KPN) shed 1.61% or 0.047 points to 2.880.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 78 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.93% to 17.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.64% or 1.18 to $43.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.54% or 1.19 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.42% or 5.55 to trade at $1316.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1192, while EUR/GBP fell 0.73% to 0.8431.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 95.70.