Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa), which rose 0.85% or 0.245 points to trade at 28.995 at the close. Meanwhile, IMCD NV (AS:IMCD) added 0.42% or 0.30 points to end at 71.20 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was up 0.23% or 0.42 points to 179.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adyen NV (AS:ADYEN), which fell 2.25% or 16.20 points to trade at 704.00 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.19% or 1.80 points to end at 149.10 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) was down 1.07% or 0.030 points to 2.780.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 76 to 50 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in IMCD NV (AS:IMCD) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.42% or 0.30 to 71.20.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 7.09% to 13.17.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.14% or 1.35 to $64.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.05% or 0.74 to hit $71.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.35 to trade at $1301.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.648.