Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 1.69% or 0.14 points to trade at 8.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.31% or 1.020 points to end at 78.920 and Relx NV (AS:RELN) was up 0.92% or 0.160 points to 17.625 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which fell 1.68% or 2.70 points to trade at 158.05 at the close. Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND) declined 1.28% or 0.72 points to end at 55.50 and NN Group NV (AS:NN) was down 0.49% or 0.19 points to 38.33.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 60 to 58 and 13 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.99% to 11.46.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.80 to trade at $1339.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.06.