Live | Japanese fair drops under pressure from tech giant Softbank; Hong Kong narrowly lower

The AEX is closed at 907.530 points, a loss of 0.1 percent. Aegon took the lead all day after the strong figures that it could show, and the possible move to the US. Investors seem to think that a listing to the New York stock exchange will not harm the insurer. The share increased by 7.6 percent. Wolters Kluwer and Akzo Nobel are the great losers (-2.8 percent) followed by Arcelor Mittal (-2.5 percent).
The mid -hood is 0.2 percent lower at 927.62 points. Heijmans was the biggest riser there (+2.7 percent), OCI lost the most by 2.2 percent, there was no news, so little exercise.
The Smallcap was the only one, 0.3 percent, at 1,507.46 points. Pharming Group fell 3.7 percent, as a result of the deal on medicines between the US and the EU, there was rather uncertainty about that. But this also becomes 15 percent. Charging post maker Alfen lost 5.9 percent after a turnover warning.

The most important indicators in Frankfurt and London won to 0.2 percent, while it closed 0.4 percent lower in Paris. European car manufacturers were pleased with the confirmation that the US will lower their taxes on the import of European cars from 27.5 to 15 percent. Large players in the sector such as Renault and Volkswagen nevertheless closed with price losses to more than 1 percent. The US will only take steps to reduce current American import duties on cars and car parts as soon as Brussels enters the required legislation to implement the promised tariff reductions on American goods.

On the Damrak, chip companies Asmi, Besi and ASML went down to more than 1 percent. For chips, the deal also applies a rate of 15 percent.