Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 0.89% or 0.08 points to trade at 8.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Gemalto (AS:GTO) added 0.20% or 0.10 points to end at 49.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) was up 0.04% or 0.010 points to 27.785 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO), which fell 1.91% or 0.28 points to trade at 14.67 at the close. Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) declined 1.78% or 1.44 points to end at 79.67 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was down 0.86% or 0.63 points to 73.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 61 to 58 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.86% to 12.08.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.90% or 0.54 to $60.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.06% or 0.70 to hit $66.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 9.90 to trade at $1307.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.2023, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 91.81.