Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials , Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the AEX were Unilever PLC (AS: ULVR ), which rose 1.08% or 0.60 points to trade at 55.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Relx PLC (AS: REL ) added 0.70% or 0.32 points to end at 45.90 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS: AD ) was up 0.55% or 0.19 points to 34.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Randstad NV (AS: RAND ), which fell 3.60% or 1.23 points to trade at 32.98 at the close. Adyen NV (AS: ADYEN ) declined 2.82% or 40.60 points to end at 1,400.40 and ASML Holding NV (AS: ASML ) was down 1.71% or 9.80 points to 564.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 52 to 42 and 12 ended unchanged.

The AEX Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.31% or 2.07 to $64.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.02% or 1.99 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 34.69 to trade at $3,311.71 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.33% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 99.22.