Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.74% or 2.530 points to trade at 70.220 at the close. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 0.78% or 0.023 points to end at 2.990 and NN Group NV (AS:NN) was up 0.59% or 0.20 points to 34.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 2.26% or 0.500 points to trade at 21.590 in late trade. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) declined 2.24% or 1.74 points to end at 76.01 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) shed 2.22% or 0.39 points to 17.14.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 24 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 13.77% to 12.74.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.39% or 1.12 to $45.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.31% or 1.14 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 6.75 to trade at $1252.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1658, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.85.