Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.17% or 1.060 points to trade at 91.380 at the close. ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) added 0.65% or 0.26 points to end at 40.14 and Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) was up 0.65% or 0.32 points to 49.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which lost 2.99% or 4.56 points to trade at 147.74 in late trade. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 2.13% or 0.05 points to end at 2.11 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 1.96% or 0.45 points to 22.46.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 55 and 15 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 10.61% to 15.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.53% or 0.30 to $56.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.33% or 0.22 to hit $66.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.92% or 23.00 to trade at $1222.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1416, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 96.30.