Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which rose 0.63% or 0.14 points to trade at 21.72 at the close. Unilever NV (AS:UNc) added 0.31% or 0.12 points to end at 40.98 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was up 0.28% or 0.22 points to 78.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NN Group (AS:NN), which lost 2.31% or 0.61 points to trade at 25.79 in late trade. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 2.19% or 0.31 points to end at 13.83 and Aegon (AS:AEGN) shed 2.05% or 0.072 points to 3.436.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 30 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 2.93% to 17.83.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.56% or 0.26 to $47.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.75% or 0.37 to hit $49.42 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.30% or 4.05 to trade at $1325.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8556.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.75.