Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Support Services and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were NN Group (AMS:NN), which rose 1.04% or 0.29 points to trade at 28.60 at the close. Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL) added 0.85% or 0.14 points to end at 16.54 and Altice SA (AMS:ATCE) was up 0.77% or 0.90 points to 118.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OCI (AMS:OCI), which lost 6.10% or 1.915 points to trade at 29.480 in late trade. Randstad (AMS:RAND) declined 1.87% or 1.20 points to end at 62.91 and Wolters Kluwer (AMS:WLSNc) shed 1.82% or 0.55 points to 29.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 54 and 4 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.14% to 17.03.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.96% or 0.43 to $44.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.02% or 0.51 to hit $49.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 3.80 to trade at $1093.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0972, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7090.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 97.63.