Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Support Services and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.85%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding (AMS:ASML), which fell 0.32% or 0.28 points to trade at 88.22 at the close. Meanwhile, TNT Express (AMS:TNTE) fell 0.37% or 0.028 points to end at 7.581 and NN Group (AMS:NN) was down 1.04% or 0.28 points to 26.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vopak (AMS:VOPA), which fell 4.87% or 2.59 points to trade at 50.61 at the close. OCI (AMS:OCI) declined 3.24% or 0.970 points to end at 28.995 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was down 3.13% or 0.29 points to 8.91.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 212 to 40 and 2 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 17.60% to 21.90 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.76% or 0.43 to $56.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.10 to trade at $1202.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0784, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.7219.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.78.