Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 4.76% or 3.230 points to trade at 71.060 at the close. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 0.52% or 0.39 points to end at 75.93 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was down 0.08% or 0.02 points to 24.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO), which lost 5.46% or 0.79 points to trade at 13.67 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 4.54% or 1.040 points to end at 21.890 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) shed 2.51% or 0.128 points to 4.978.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 25 and 5 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 8.45% to 15.74 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.21% or 0.10 to $48.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.52 to trade at $1292.62 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1812, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.9084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.03.