Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO), which rose 1.92% or 0.25 points to trade at 13.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 1.67% or 3.67 points to end at 223.07 and KPN Kon (AS:KPN) was up 0.68% or 0.019 points to 2.812 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aegon (AS:AEGN), which fell 5.89% or 0.228 points to trade at 3.645 at the close. Boskalis Westmin (AS:BOSN) declined 5.10% or 1.68 points to end at 31.25 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was down 3.30% or 0.55 points to 15.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 117 to 51 and 16 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 2.44% to 18.52.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.30% or 0.15 to $50.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.55 to trade at $1258.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1040, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.9030.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.64.