Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which rose 1.65% or 0.33 points to trade at 20.03 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 1.59% or 3.55 points to end at 226.75 and NN Group (AS:NN) was up 0.55% or 0.17 points to 32.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vopak (AS:VOPA), which lost 0.96% or 0.43 points to trade at 44.88 in late trade. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) declined 0.76% or 0.200 points to end at 25.985 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 0.52% or 0.11 points to 21.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 65 to 56 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.59% to 16.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.30% or 0.16 to $53.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $56.59 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.25% or 2.85 to trade at $1155.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.0541, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 102.25.