Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which rose 0.74% or 0.56 points to trade at 75.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) added 0.73% or 0.34 points to end at 46.99 and SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) was up 0.57% or 0.09 points to 15.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Relx NV (AS:RELN), which fell 3.77% or 0.675 points to trade at 17.240 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) declined 2.23% or 0.630 points to end at 27.605 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 1.89% or 3.90 points to 202.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 60 to 52 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.89% or 3.90 to 202.70.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 6.26% to 13.60 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.14% or 0.74 to $65.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.75% or 0.52 to hit $69.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.60 to trade at $1345.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.2485, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 88.61.