Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Wolters Kluwer (AS:WLSNc), which rose 2.54% or 1.06 points to trade at 42.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 1.70% or 0.044 points to end at 2.633 and SBM Offshore NV (AS:SBMO) was up 1.11% or 0.15 points to 14.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 3.69% or 3.480 points to trade at 90.740 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.23% or 0.350 points to end at 28.190 and NN Group NV (AS:NN) was down 0.90% or 0.33 points to 36.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 58 to 55 and 17 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 4.05% to 14.97.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.31% or 0.82 to $63.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.16% or 0.77 to hit $67.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1331.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2300, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8802.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.77.