Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ING Groep NV (AS:ING), which rose 3.05% or 0.295 points to trade at 9.982 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 2.77% or 0.123 points to end at 4.571 and Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) was up 2.66% or 0.58 points to 22.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which fell 2.93% or 0.40 points to trade at 13.23 at the close. ASML Holding (AS:ASML) declined 1.04% or 0.88 points to end at 83.38 and Unilever NV (AS:UNc) was down 0.79% or 0.30 points to 38.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 114 to 42 and 17 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 5.20% to 34.36.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.81% or 1.30 to $47.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.16% or 1.49 to hit $48.68 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.47% or 6.05 to trade at $1292.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1269, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 94.38.