Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which rose 0.90% or 0.35 points to trade at 39.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 0.58% or 0.01 points to end at 2.25 and Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) was up 0.29% or 0.22 points to 77.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randstad NV (AS:RAND), which fell 3.82% or 1.62 points to trade at 40.82 at the close. NN Group NV (AS:NN) declined 2.60% or 0.98 points to end at 36.68 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was down 2.51% or 3.84 points to 149.32.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 95 to 32 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Randstad NV (AS:RAND) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.82% or 1.62 to 40.82.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 11.44% to 17.17.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.32% or 0.17 to $53.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.42% or 0.26 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.70 to trade at $1243.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1352, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.925.