Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were NN Group NV (AS:NN), which rose 1.82% or 0.57 points to trade at 31.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 1.00% or 0.75 points to end at 75.65 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was up 0.85% or 0.45 points to 53.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO), which fell 4.91% or 0.76 points to trade at 14.71 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 2.15% or 1.680 points to end at 76.280 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 1.73% or 4.05 points to 230.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 88 to 40 and 10 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.43% to 13.89.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.84% or 0.41 to $49.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.79% or 0.41 to hit $52.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.69 to trade at $1253.01 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1128, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8562.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 97.52.