Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 2.24% or 0.71 points to trade at 32.62 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.05% or 0.505 points to end at 25.175 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.86% or 1.570 points to 86.070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unilever NV (AS:UNc), which lost 2.87% or 1.41 points to trade at 47.79 in late trade. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) declined 0.64% or 0.019 points to end at 2.961 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) shed 0.50% or 0.025 points to 4.988.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 69 to 56 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 5.60% to 10.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.18% or 0.09 to $51.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $57.15 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.05 to trade at $1281.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1777, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.