Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG), which rose 3.48% or 1.11 points to trade at 32.85 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 2.73% or 0.22 points to end at 8.29 and SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) was up 2.19% or 0.30 points to 13.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which lost 1.30% or 1.120 points to trade at 84.740 in late trade. Heineken (AS:HEIN) declined 1.26% or 1.10 points to end at 86.36 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) shed 1.17% or 0.94 points to 79.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 57 to 54 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 14.06% to 11.67 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.65% or 1.01 to $62.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.38% or 0.90 to hit $66.02 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1312.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.2279, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.27.