Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 5.00% or 2.60 points to trade at 54.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Relx NV (AS:RELN) added 1.29% or 0.235 points to end at 18.470 and Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) was up 1.08% or 0.34 points to 32.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.90% or 0.360 points to trade at 18.575 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) declined 1.59% or 0.385 points to end at 23.825 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was down 1.58% or 0.072 points to 4.498.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 66 to 57 and 13 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.93% to 10.70.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.66% or 1.70 to $44.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.57% or 1.74 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 9.62 to trade at $1278.22 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.43.