Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 4.74% or 0.68 points to trade at 14.93 at the close. Aegon (AS:AEGN) added 3.99% or 0.141 points to end at 3.674 and NN Group (AS:NN) was up 1.74% or 0.46 points to 26.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which lost 3.71% or 0.204 points to trade at 5.291 in late trade. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) declined 1.61% or 0.36 points to end at 22.02 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) shed 1.43% or 0.19 points to 13.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 74 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.01% to 16.95.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.43% or 1.59 to $44.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.41% or 1.66 to hit $47.07 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.85 to trade at $1311.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1163, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8495.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.97.