Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL), which rose 0.61% or 0.19 points to trade at 31.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 0.44% or 0.012 points to end at 2.734 and IMCD NV (AS:IMCD) was up 0.41% or 0.25 points to 61.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aegon NV (AS:AEGN), which fell 4.64% or 0.167 points to trade at 3.435 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.24% or 0.280 points to end at 12.208 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 1.91% or 0.164 points to 8.412.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 87 to 45 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.64% or 0.167 to 3.435.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 8.55% to 17.75.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.04% or 1.68 to $53.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.85% or 1.11 to hit $58.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.97% or 29.75 to trade at $1538.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.1141, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.9077.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 97.572.