Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Aegon NV (AS:AEGN), which rose 0.89% or 0.047 points to trade at 5.320 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) added 0.43% or 0.35 points to end at 81.11 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 0.21% or 0.45 points to 211.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.16% or 0.320 points to trade at 27.250 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) declined 0.68% or 0.60 points to end at 87.26 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was down 0.65% or 0.95 points to 145.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 60 to 57 and 12 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 7.92% to 11.86.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $59.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $65.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.20 to trade at $1296.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1953, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.31.