Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 8.30% or 5.200 points to trade at 67.830 at the close. Meanwhile, Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) added 5.30% or 0.257 points to end at 5.106 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was up 0.92% or 0.18 points to 19.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO), which fell 3.63% or 0.55 points to trade at 14.46 at the close. Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND) declined 2.11% or 1.07 points to end at 49.67 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was down 1.79% or 0.80 points to 43.63.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 90 to 30 and 10 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 19.97% to 14.51 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.81% or 0.40 to $49.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.89% or 11.37 to trade at $1290.67 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1755, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.9056.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.37.