Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 16.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Randstad (AS:RAND) fell 0.21% or 0.09 points to end at 41.08 and ASML Holding (AS:ASML) was down 0.44% or 0.43 points to 96.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 7.71% or 4.920 points to trade at 58.860 at the close. Aegon (AS:AEGN) declined 3.15% or 0.112 points to end at 3.440 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) was down 2.57% or 0.32 points to 12.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 137 to 32 and 14 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 21.17% to 17.59.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.46% or 1.54 to $46.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.14% or 1.46 to hit $47.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.15% or 2.05 to trade at $1343.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1254, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8679.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.