Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO), which rose 4.70% or 0.68 points to trade at 15.16 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 3.04% or 0.57 points to end at 19.50 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) was up 2.15% or 0.74 points to 35.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which lost 2.25% or 0.47 points to trade at 20.21 in late trade. Philips Kon (AS:PHG) declined 1.33% or 0.38 points to end at 27.92 and ASML Holding (AS:ASML) shed 0.31% or 0.35 points to 114.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 49 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.01% to 13.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.53% or 1.32 to $53.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.58% or 1.40 to hit $55.56 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1204.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0680, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8657.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 101.03.