Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which rose 3.24% or 1.24 points to trade at 39.46 at the close. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 0.50% or 0.012 points to end at 2.426 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) was up 0.22% or 0.07 points to 31.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG), which lost 3.58% or 1.14 points to trade at 30.85 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.38% or 0.885 points to end at 25.290 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) shed 3.31% or 5.60 points to 163.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 33 and 15 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 9.75% to 17.68.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.84% or 1.18 to $65.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.58% or 1.09 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.65% or 21.90 to trade at $1349.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.2363, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 89.04.