Netherlands shares lower at close of trade; AEX down 1.20%

Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Software&Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 1.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which rose 0.83% or 0.14 points to trade at 16.39 at the close. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 0.53% or 0.02 points to end at 3.63 and DSM Firmenich AG (AS:DSFIR) was up 0.39% or 0.45 points to 116.45 in late trade.

Biggest losers included ASM International NV (AS:ASMI), which lost 4.97% or 29.40 points to trade at 561.80 in late trade. BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI) declined 4.57% or 5.35 points to end at 111.60 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) shed 4.17% or 31.20 points to 716.70.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 20 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.18% or 0.13 to $71.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.47% or 0.35 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 32.05 to trade at $2,646.65 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 100.44.