Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.17% or 1.060 points to trade at 91.380 at the close. Meanwhile, ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) added 0.65% or 0.26 points to end at 40.14 and Unilever NV DRC (AS:UNc) was up 0.65% or 0.32 points to 49.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which fell 2.99% or 4.56 points to trade at 147.74 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 2.13% or 0.05 points to end at 2.11 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was down 1.96% or 0.45 points to 22.46.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 69 to 55 and 15 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 10.61% to 15.89.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.39% or 0.22 to $56.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $66.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.94% or 23.30 to trade at $1222.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1416, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.31.