Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 2.51%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Akzo Nobel (AMS:AKZO), which rose 4.07% or 2.71 points to trade at 69.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) added 4.03% or 9.45 points to end at 243.70 and Unilever NV (AMS:UNc) was up 3.64% or 1.39 points to 39.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which fell 1.03% or 0.97 points to trade at 93.32 at the close. Aegon (AMS:AEGN) declined 0.54% or 0.038 points to end at 7.022 and NN Group (AMS:NN) was down 0.52% or 0.14 points to 26.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 195 to 46 and 7 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 14.40% to 18.99.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.58% or 0.34 to $59.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $65.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.20 to trade at $1187.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1231, while EUR/GBP fell 1.66% to 0.7266.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 94.73.