Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which rose 2.59% or 0.51 points to trade at 20.21 at the close. NN Group (AS:NN) added 1.62% or 0.47 points to end at 29.57 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 0.85% or 1.75 points to 207.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa), which lost 3.57% or 0.840 points to trade at 22.660 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 2.72% or 0.178 points to end at 6.371 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) shed 2.07% or 0.66 points to 31.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 47 and 14 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.88% to 20.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.80% or 1.25 to $43.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.73% or 1.25 to hit $44.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.64% or 33.40 to trade at $1233.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.0842, while EUR/GBP fell 0.93% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 99.04.