Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Unilever NV (AS:UNc), which rose 1.85% or 0.68 points to trade at 37.38 at the close. Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) added 1.49% or 0.51 points to end at 34.30 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was up 1.41% or 1.00 points to 71.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO), which lost 1.38% or 0.19 points to trade at 13.61 in late trade. ASML Holding (AS:ASML) declined 1.20% or 1.19 points to end at 98.18 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 1.11% or 0.23 points to 20.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 68 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.30% to 18.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.23% or 1.55 to $46.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.00% or 1.47 to hit $47.53 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.78% or 9.25 to trade at $1180.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8505.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.49.