Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Wolters Kluwer (AMS:WLSNc), which rose 0.89% or 0.26 points to trade at 29.52 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AMS:UNBP) added 0.84% or 2.05 points to end at 246.05 and OCI (AMS:OCI) was up 0.56% or 0.160 points to 28.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL), which lost 3.84% or 0.46 points to trade at 11.38 in late trade. ASML Holding (AMS:ASML) declined 3.42% or 2.93 points to end at 82.62 and Aegon (AMS:AEGN) shed 2.90% or 0.178 points to 5.966.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 77 and 3 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.63% to 21.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.83% or 0.35 to $42.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.74% or 0.36 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.30 to trade at $1113.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1125, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7113.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 96.52.