Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which rose 1.72% or 0.69 points to trade at 40.78 at the close. Meanwhile, ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) added 1.55% or 0.60 points to end at 39.39 and Relx PLC (AS:REL) was up 0.85% or 0.170 points to 20.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 3.44% or 0.404 points to trade at 11.330 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.81% or 0.364 points to end at 19.796 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) was down 1.03% or 0.028 points to 2.685.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 71 to 58 and 15 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 2.53% to 12.05.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.38% or 0.25 to $65.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.43% or 0.32 to hit $74.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1279.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1133, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8635.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.893.