Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND), which rose 1.78% or 0.90 points to trade at 51.44 at the close. Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) added 1.13% or 0.058 points to end at 5.190 and Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) was up 1.13% or 0.45 points to 40.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 1.31% or 0.04 points to trade at 3.17 in late trade. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) declined 0.77% or 0.019 points to end at 2.464 and Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) shed 0.36% or 0.08 points to 21.96.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 38 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.86% to 11.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.92% or 0.65 to $70.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.26% or 0.94 to hit $75.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.40 to trade at $1242.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1669, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.59.