Netherlands stocks higher at close of trade; AEX up 1.58%

Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Consumer Services and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.58%.

The best performers of the session on the AEX were BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI ), which rose 4.93% or 5.30 points to trade at 112.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever PLC (AS:ULVR ) added 3.45% or 1.88 points to end at 56.44 and Relx PLC (AS:REL ) was up 3.27% or 1.42 points to 44.82 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA ), which fell 1.16% or 0.17 points to trade at 14.65 at the close. ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd ) declined 0.77% or 0.12 points to end at 14.74 and NN Group NV (AS:NN ) was down 0.45% or 0.20 points to 44.64.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 70 to 27 and 13 ended unchanged.

The AEX Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.18% or 0.83 to $70.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.96% or 0.71 to hit $74.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.21% or 32.45 to trade at $2,707.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.70% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 107.61.

Source: Investing.com