Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Ahold Kon (AMS:AHLN), which rose 1.84% or 0.33 points to trade at 18.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) added 1.75% or 4.10 points to end at 239.00 and Akzo Nobel (AMS:AKZO) was up 1.51% or 1.03 points to 69.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Dutch Shell A (AMS:RDSa), which fell 0.98% or 0.26 points to trade at 26.34 at the close. Philips Kon (AMS:PHG) declined 0.44% or 0.10 points to end at 23.52 and Boskalis Westmin (AMS:BOSN) was down 0.40% or 0.18 points to 45.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 141 to 87 and 12 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.89% to 22.45.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.12% or 0.07 to $59.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $63.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1171.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.1137, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.7081.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 95.82.