Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 1.93% or 0.86 points to trade at 45.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 0.84% or 0.65 points to end at 78.35 and Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) was up 0.75% or 0.48 points to 64.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which fell 2.05% or 0.58 points to trade at 27.99 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 1.58% or 0.30 points to end at 18.71 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) was down 1.46% or 0.24 points to 16.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 80 to 42 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.55% to 13.24.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.07% or 0.51 to $48.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.16% or 0.60 to hit $52.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.47 to trade at $1293.47 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1802, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.9231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.20.