Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Philips Kon (AS:PHG), which fell 0.02% or 0.01 points to trade at 25.42 at the close. Meanwhile, ASML Holding (AS:ASML) added 0.11% or 0.10 points to end at 94.00 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was up 0.01% or 0.01 points to 78.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vopak (AS:VOPA), which fell 5.88% or 2.81 points to trade at 44.99 at the close. Aegon (AS:AEGN) declined 3.63% or 0.128 points to end at 3.402 and NN Group (AS:NN) was down 2.20% or 0.58 points to 25.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 81 to 76 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.28% to 18.16.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $48.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.33% or 0.17 to hit $50.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.69% or 9.35 to trade at $1347.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1317, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8675.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 94.57.