Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 1.10% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Randstad NV (AS:RAND), which rose 1.22% or 0.52 points to trade at 43.13 at the close. ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) added 0.88% or 0.34 points to end at 39.00 and Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) was up 0.27% or 0.09 points to 32.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which lost 9.65% or 2.04 points to trade at 19.10 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.49% or 0.770 points to end at 21.285 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) shed 3.05% or 0.072 points to 2.287.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 88 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 3.70% to 18.74.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $67.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.51% or 0.39 to hit $77.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.89% or 11.00 to trade at $1240.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1408, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.12.