Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Randstad NV (AS:RAND), which rose 3.92% or 1.94 points to trade at 51.42 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 3.08% or 4.65 points to end at 155.50 and Adyen NV (AS:ADYEN) was up 1.67% or 11.80 points to 718.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Akzo Nobel NV (AS:AKZO), which fell 3.69% or 2.94 points to trade at 76.73 at the close. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 2.76% or 1.14 points to end at 40.09 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 1.84% or 0.220 points to 11.734.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 74 to 55 and 15 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.48% to 11.76.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.53% or 0.35 to $65.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $74.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.75 to trade at $1278.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8638.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 97.683.