Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the rose 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the were ASML Holding NV (AS:), which rose 4.78% or 30.30 points to trade at 664.50 at the close. Meanwhile, BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:) added 2.78% or 2.80 points to end at 103.70 and Prosus (AS:) was up 2.18% or 0.84 points to 39.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Relx PLC (AS:), which fell 1.25% or 0.56 points to trade at 44.36 at the close. Wolters Kluwer (AS:) declined 1.21% or 1.95 points to end at 159.00 and Shell PLC (AS:) was down 0.74% or 0.23 points to 30.73.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 66 to 31 and 13 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.85% or 1.31 to $69.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.79% or 1.33 to hit $73.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 24.80 to trade at $2,732.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 103.39.
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