Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which rose 1.36% or 0.34 points to trade at 24.99 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 0.79% or 0.120 points to end at 15.295 and NN Group NV (AS:NN) was up 0.37% or 0.13 points to 35.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 4.74% or 0.37 points to trade at 7.48 in late trade. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 1.76% or 0.61 points to end at 34.25 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) shed 1.65% or 0.55 points to 32.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 68 to 51 and 6 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.63% to 11.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.47% or 0.85 to $58.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.50 to trade at $1287.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.1931, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.69.