Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Heineken (AS:HEIN), which rose 1.25% or 1.08 points to trade at 87.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) added 1.17% or 0.54 points to end at 46.17 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 1.07% or 0.26 points to 24.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 3.81% or 3.040 points to trade at 76.780 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.72% or 0.955 points to end at 24.715 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was down 3.27% or 5.30 points to 157.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 80 to 39 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.99% to 16.91.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.38% or 0.24 to $63.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.47% or 0.32 to hit $67.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1339.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.70.