Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Heineken (AS:HEIN), which rose 2.62% or 2.05 points to trade at 80.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.40% or 0.800 points to end at 57.930 and Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) was up 0.83% or 0.185 points to 22.355 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which fell 1.28% or 0.73 points to trade at 56.35 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 1.00% or 0.110 points to end at 10.880 and NN Group (AS:NN) was down 0.73% or 0.20 points to 27.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 65 to 53 and 17 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.55% to 17.91.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.54% or 0.26 to $48.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.78% or 0.39 to hit $50.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.85 to trade at $1313.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1212, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8731.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.64.