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

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.07%.

The best performers of the session on the AEX were Universal Music Group NV (AS: UMG ), which rose 6.27% or 1.63 points to trade at 27.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke KPN NV (AS: KPN ) added 2.92% or 0.11 points to end at 3.70 and Heineken (AS: HEIN ) was up 1.50% or 1.20 points to 81.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ), which fell 5.25% or 1.69 points to trade at 30.48 at the close. Adyen NV (AS: ADYEN ) declined 4.15% or 69.00 points to end at 1,593.60 and Aegon Ltd (AS: AEGN ) was down 2.26% or 0.13 points to 5.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 51 to 46 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 April delivery was up 1.25% or 0.83 to $67.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.38% or 0.96 to hit $70.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 2.70 to trade at $2,923.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.38% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.67.