Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 3.37% or 0.23 points to trade at 7.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) added 1.42% or 0.50 points to end at 35.76 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was up 0.96% or 0.86 points to 90.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.15% or 0.560 points to trade at 25.535 at the close. ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) declined 1.71% or 2.80 points to end at 161.20 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was down 1.44% or 0.36 points to 24.71.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 65 to 49 and 14 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.05% to 14.96.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.90% or 1.21 to $62.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.42% or 0.97 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.90 to trade at $1335.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.2273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 89.86.