Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 3.75% or 0.53 points to trade at 14.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Boskalis Westmin (AS:BOSN) added 3.70% or 1.11 points to end at 31.29 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 2.15% or 5.00 points to 237.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa), which fell 3.81% or 0.83 points to trade at 21.05 at the close. NN Group (AS:NN) declined 2.95% or 0.82 points to end at 27.08 and Delta Lloyd (AS:DLL) was down 2.72% or 0.15 points to 5.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 110 to 58 and 10 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.78% to 25.32.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.44% or 0.55 to $37.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.48% or 1.02 to hit $40.05 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.03% or 12.90 to trade at $1270.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 1.72% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.84% to 0.7817.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.15% at 96.07.