Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food Producers, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were KPN Kon (AMS:KPN), which rose 5.15% or 0.168 points to trade at 3.433 at the close. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 5.13% or 0.47 points to end at 9.56 and ING Groep (AMS:ING) was up 1.27% or 0.175 points to 13.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL), which lost 1.88% or 0.34 points to trade at 17.50 in late trade. Aegon (AMS:AEGN) declined 1.05% or 0.075 points to end at 7.072 and Reed Elsevier (AMS:ELSN) shed 0.94% or 0.215 points to 22.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 122 and 3 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.54% to 19.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.80% or 0.46 to $57.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.49 to hit $65.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.50% or 17.90 to trade at $1176.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.0876, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.7164.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 97.06.