Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 3.16% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) added 0.72% or 0.34 points to end at 47.42 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) was up 0.59% or 0.28 points to 47.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.45% or 0.705 points to trade at 28.045 at the close. ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) declined 1.51% or 0.54 points to end at 35.30 and NN Group NV (AS:NN) was down 1.30% or 0.48 points to 36.51.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 84 to 46 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 5.64% to 12.12.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.64% or 0.42 to $65.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.09% or 0.84 to hit $76.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1302.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1771, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.56.