Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were KPN Kon (AS:KPN), which rose 1.47% or 0.039 points to trade at 2.694 at the close. Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) added 0.66% or 0.25 points to end at 38.40 and Vopak (AS:VOPA) was up 0.46% or 0.18 points to 39.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 2.54% or 0.52 points to trade at 19.94 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 1.44% or 0.121 points to end at 8.295 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 1.42% or 0.31 points to 21.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 31 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.70% to 14.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.61% or 0.33 to $54.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.67% or 0.38 to hit $56.20 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.05 to trade at $1258.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.0588, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.91.