Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were NN Group NV (AS:NN), which rose 4.05% or 1.47 points to trade at 37.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 2.57% or 0.06 points to end at 2.40 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was up 2.46% or 0.132 points to 5.488 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 0.90% or 0.820 points to trade at 89.940 at the close. Gemalto (AS:GTO) declined 0.38% or 0.19 points to end at 49.79 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was down 0.08% or 0.14 points to 173.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 76 to 51 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 15.54% to 13.41.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.57% or 0.37 to $65.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.66% or 0.47 to hit $71.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1186.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1377, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.47.
