Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 0.54% or 0.120 points to trade at 22.200 at the close. Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) added 0.17% or 0.07 points to end at 37.34 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was down 0.02% or 0.001 points to 4.978 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which lost 9.08% or 3.75 points to trade at 37.60 in late trade. Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) declined 2.19% or 0.83 points to end at 37.04 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) shed 1.84% or 0.330 points to 17.630.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 25 and 4 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 8.93% to 14.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.57% or 1.21 to $48.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.84% or 1.45 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.21 to trade at $1292.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1749, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.9137.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.44.