Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which rose 5.92% or 1.16 points to trade at 20.68 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 2.08% or 0.39 points to end at 18.93 and Aegon (AS:AEGN) was up 1.13% or 0.056 points to 5.014 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gemalto (AS:GTO), which lost 3.29% or 1.81 points to trade at 53.14 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 2.28% or 1.460 points to end at 62.500 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) shed 1.93% or 0.28 points to 14.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 64 to 62 and 10 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.64% to 13.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.23% or 0.12 to $51.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.24% or 0.13 to hit $54.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.13% or 13.65 to trade at $1198.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0615, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 101.55.