Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN), which rose 3.48% or 2.74 points to trade at 81.38 at the close. Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) added 3.30% or 1.07 points to end at 33.46 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was up 3.14% or 0.07 points to 2.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which lost 1.97% or 0.44 points to trade at 21.89 in late trade. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) declined 1.18% or 0.028 points to end at 2.336 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) shed 0.87% or 0.240 points to 27.365.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 41 and 8 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.09% to 16.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.72% or 0.46 to $63.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1233.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1382, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.33.