Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Akzo Nobel NV (AS:AKZO), which rose 1.84% or 1.30 points to trade at 71.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Relx PLC (AS:REL) added 1.16% or 0.215 points to end at 18.695 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) was up 1.13% or 0.028 points to 2.498 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 1.77% or 0.182 points to trade at 10.112 at the close. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 1.65% or 0.72 points to end at 42.94 and Randstad NV (AS:RAND) was down 1.28% or 0.53 points to 40.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 65 to 62 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 7.08% to 15.08 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.86% or 0.45 to $51.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.47% or 0.29 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1290.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1384, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.792.