Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which rose 5.92% or 1.16 points to trade at 20.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 2.08% or 0.39 points to end at 18.93 and Aegon (AS:AEGN) was up 1.13% or 0.056 points to 5.014 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which fell 3.29% or 1.81 points to trade at 53.14 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 2.28% or 1.460 points to end at 62.500 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) was down 1.93% or 0.28 points to 14.48.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 64 to 62 and 10 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.64% to 13.69.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.20% or 0.10 to $51.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $54.06 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.13% or 13.65 to trade at $1198.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8637.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 101.55.