Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Support Services and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 1.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding (AMS:ASML), which fell 0.32% or 0.28 points to trade at 88.22 at the close. TNT Express (AMS:TNTE) fell 0.37% or 0.028 points to end at 7.581 and NN Group (AMS:NN) was down 1.04% or 0.28 points to 26.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vopak (AMS:VOPA), which lost 4.87% or 2.59 points to trade at 50.61 in late trade. OCI (AMS:OCI) declined 3.24% or 0.970 points to end at 28.995 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) shed 3.13% or 0.29 points to 8.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 212 to 40 and 2 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 17.60% to 21.90 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.76% or 0.43 to $56.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.30% or 0.20 to hit $64.17 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.10 to trade at $1202.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0784, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.7219.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.78.