Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which rose 0.86% or 0.23 points to trade at 26.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 0.61% or 0.46 points to end at 75.44 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 0.36% or 0.70 points to 197.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which fell 4.22% or 0.34 points to trade at 7.68 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 2.88% or 2.240 points to end at 75.600 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was down 2.85% or 0.170 points to 5.796.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 79 to 38 and 14 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 7.43% to 12.51.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $68.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $73.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.80 to trade at $1314.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1983, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.31.