Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN), which rose 3.48% or 2.74 points to trade at 81.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Aalberts Industries NV (AS:AALB) added 3.30% or 1.07 points to end at 33.46 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was up 3.14% or 0.07 points to 2.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which fell 1.97% or 0.44 points to trade at 21.89 at the close. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) declined 1.18% or 0.028 points to end at 2.336 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) was down 0.87% or 0.240 points to 27.365.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 88 to 41 and 8 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.09% to 16.64.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.72% or 0.46 to $63.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $72.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1233.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.32.