Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd), which rose 5.94% or 1.50 points to trade at 26.72 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 2.05% or 0.315 points to end at 15.650 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.99% or 1.430 points to 73.440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which fell 2.57% or 0.19 points to trade at 7.33 at the close. Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) declined 2.31% or 0.069 points to end at 2.924 and Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) was down 1.66% or 0.60 points to 35.88.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 71 to 51 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 7.44% to 10.41 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.27% or 0.72 to $57.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.83% or 1.14 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1249.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1763, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.91.