Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.53% or 1.670 points to trade at 67.720 at the close. Meanwhile, ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) added 0.87% or 1.00 points to end at 115.30 and Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) was up 0.85% or 0.29 points to 35.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO), which fell 2.28% or 0.33 points to trade at 14.13 at the close. Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) declined 1.55% or 0.45 points to end at 28.64 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was down 1.30% or 0.73 points to 55.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 67 to 51 and 14 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.06% to 12.96.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.44% or 1.62 to $45.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.90% or 1.44 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.29 to trade at $1223.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.