Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 4.40% or 0.17 points to trade at 4.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Randstad (AS:RAND) added 0.52% or 0.26 points to end at 48.97 and Vopak (AS:VOPA) was up 0.34% or 0.15 points to 43.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aegon (AS:AEGN), which fell 2.46% or 0.119 points to trade at 4.715 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) declined 2.25% or 0.48 points to end at 20.86 and ING Groep NV (AS:ING) was down 2.07% or 0.220 points to 10.410.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 120 to 40 and 17 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 7.18% to 22.71.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.78% or 1.45 to $36.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.99% or 1.61 to hit $38.72 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.55% or 19.10 to trade at $1216.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1396, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.8015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 94.61.