Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the declined 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the were ASM International NV (AS:), which rose 1.69% or 11.80 points to trade at 711.80 at the close. Meanwhile, ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:) added 0.75% or 0.12 points to end at 15.35 and Shell PLC (AS:) was up 0.67% or 0.23 points to 33.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Music Group NV (AS:), which fell 2.15% or 0.61 points to trade at 27.78 at the close. Heineken (AS:) declined 1.40% or 1.28 points to end at 90.30 and Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:) was down 1.30% or 0.31 points to 23.59.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 58 to 42 and 11 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.10% or 0.08 to $81.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $85.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 4.45 to trade at $2,341.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.54.
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