Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 2.88% or 0.59 points to trade at 21.29 at the close. ASML Holding (AS:ASML) added 2.29% or 2.75 points to end at 122.95 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) was up 1.67% or 0.24 points to 14.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aegon (AS:AEGN), which lost 5.22% or 0.268 points to trade at 4.867 in late trade. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 1.26% or 0.175 points to end at 13.765 and Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) shed 1.02% or 0.250 points to 24.160.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 65 to 60 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.47% to 13.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.31% or 0.15 to $47.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $50.64 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1248.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.0806, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8648.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 99.45.