Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc), which rose 0.24% or 0.09 points to trade at 35.19 at the close. Meanwhile, TNT Express (AS:TNTE) added 0.14% or 0.011 points to end at 7.826 and Randstad (AS:RAND) was down 0.58% or 0.27 points to 46.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which fell 3.49% or 0.62 points to trade at 17.30 at the close. SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) declined 3.17% or 0.36 points to end at 11.15 and Aegon (AS:AEGN) was down 2.83% or 0.143 points to 4.915.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 131 to 36 and 8 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 10.70% to 21.81.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.88% or 0.35 to $39.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.42% or 0.17 to hit $40.30 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1221.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1176, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.7885.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 96.13.