Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 3.27% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.98 at the close. Meanwhile, ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) added 0.31% or 0.06 points to end at 18.00 and TNT Express (AS:TNTE) was up 0.01% or 0.001 points to 7.886 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever NV (AS:UNc), which fell 2.33% or 0.94 points to trade at 39.38 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:ING) declined 2.16% or 0.235 points to end at 10.630 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) was down 2.11% or 0.330 points to 15.345.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 98 to 63 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.22% to 21.18.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.08% or 0.03 to $38.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.40% or 0.16 to hit $40.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.59% or 7.20 to trade at $1235.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1384, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.7909.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.54.