Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were OCI (AS:OCI), which rose 5.73% or 0.985 points to trade at 18.185 at the close. Delta Lloyd (AS:DLL) added 5.14% or 0.31 points to end at 6.30 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was up 2.56% or 1.97 points to 79.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa), which lost 1.56% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.84 in late trade. Ahold Kon (AS:AHLN) declined 1.48% or 0.30 points to end at 19.98 and Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc) shed 1.16% or 0.41 points to 34.52.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 52 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 9.41% to 18.59 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $40.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.75% or 0.31 to hit $41.23 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.85% or 10.80 to trade at $1254.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.7781.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.05.