Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which rose 13.73% or 4.73 points to trade at 39.19 at the close. Relx NV (AS:RELN) added 1.87% or 0.310 points to end at 16.865 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.78% or 3.30 points to 188.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND), which lost 0.34% or 0.20 points to trade at 58.92 in late trade. Gemalto (AS:GTO) declined 0.32% or 0.16 points to end at 49.50 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) shed 0.32% or 0.018 points to 5.516.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 27 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 13.66% to 14.74.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.77% or 0.47 to $61.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.12% or 0.72 to hit $65.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1355.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.2441, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 88.84.