Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO), which rose 1.10% or 0.17 points to trade at 15.15 at the close. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) added 0.92% or 0.14 points to end at 15.41 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was up 0.80% or 0.14 points to 17.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN), which lost 2.66% or 0.078 points to trade at 2.855 in late trade. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.62% or 1.370 points to end at 83.250 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 1.50% or 0.330 points to 21.655.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 64 to 63 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.66% to 10.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.12% or 0.06 to $50.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.34% or 0.19 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.39 to trade at $1299.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1951, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8838.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.92.