Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which rose 3.08% or 0.74 points to trade at 24.76 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) added 1.39% or 1.20 points to end at 87.64 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.29% or 1.100 points to 86.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa), which lost 1.50% or 0.445 points to trade at 29.195 in late trade. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 1.38% or 0.04 points to end at 3.06 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) shed 1.29% or 0.31 points to 23.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 69 to 59 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 0.58% to 13.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.31% or 3.05 to $67.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.41% or 2.69 to hit $76.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1303.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 94.12.