Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 1.69% or 0.14 points to trade at 8.29 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.31% or 1.020 points to end at 78.920 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) was up 0.92% or 0.160 points to 17.625 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which lost 1.68% or 2.70 points to trade at 158.05 in late trade. Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND) declined 1.28% or 0.72 points to end at 55.50 and NN Group NV (AS:NN) shed 0.49% or 0.19 points to 38.33.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 58 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.99% to 11.46.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.90 to trade at $1338.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 90.07.