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Netherlands shares higher at close of trade; AEX up 1.40%

Published 22/06/2018, 17:35
© Reuters.  Netherlands shares higher at close of trade; AEX up 1.40%

© Reuters. Netherlands shares higher at close of trade; AEX up 1.40%

AEX
0.39%
SHEL
0.68%
RAND
-0.05%
VOPA
1.21%
AD
0.45%
GTO
0.00%
VAEX
0.00%
NLIN
0.39%
NLOG
0.69%
NLTEL
0.20%
ATCA
0.00%

Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.40%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa), which rose 3.31% or 0.955 points to trade at 29.770 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 3.04% or 0.10 points to end at 3.53 and Randstad Holding NV (AS:RAND) was up 2.62% or 1.36 points to 53.24 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which lost 0.58% or 0.120 points to trade at 20.445 in late trade. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 0.30% or 0.12 points to end at 39.96 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) shed 0.28% or 0.14 points to 50.04.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 34 and 16 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 12.88% to 12.23.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 4.53% or 2.97 to $68.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.48% or 1.81 to hit $74.86 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1270.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1650, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8781.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 94.27.

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