Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 2.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 10.52% or 0.18 points to trade at 1.84 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 6.61% or 5.240 points to end at 84.500 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 6.58% or 1.140 points to 18.460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gemalto (AS:GTO), which added 0.04% or 0.02 points to trade at 50.72 in late trade. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 0.54% or 0.014 points to end at 2.583 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) gained 0.84% or 0.185 points to 22.340.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 18 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 11.28% to 19.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.59% or 0.75 to $47.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.77% or 0.99 to hit $56.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.10 to trade at $1286.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.66% to 0.8959.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.765.