Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Software&Computer Services and Technology Hardware&Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO), which rose 1.60% or 1.18 points to trade at 75.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 1.12% or 0.02 points to end at 2.17 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) was up 1.12% or 0.58 points to 52.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NN Group NV (AS:NN), which fell 2.10% or 0.81 points to trade at 37.82 at the close. Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) declined 1.84% or 0.41 points to end at 21.82 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was down 1.62% or 0.090 points to 5.466.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 75 to 52 and 8 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 9.57% to 16.64.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.49% or 0.83 to $56.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.66% or 1.09 to hit $66.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.40 to trade at $1203.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1307, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8722.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 96.91.
