Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 3.59% or 0.70 points to trade at 20.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.80% or 1.100 points to end at 62.200 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was up 1.59% or 0.85 points to 54.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever NV (AS:UNc), which fell 4.23% or 1.67 points to trade at 37.70 at the close. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) declined 0.67% or 0.43 points to end at 63.98 and Boskalis Westmin (AS:BOSN) was down 0.62% or 0.22 points to 35.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 71 to 57 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altice NV (AS:ATCA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.59% or 0.70 to 20.34.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.80% to 14.21.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.10% or 1.11 to $53.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.29% or 1.26 to hit $56.34 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.92% or 11.05 to trade at $1186.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.0677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8483.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 100.57.