Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which rose 1.95% or 0.58 points to trade at 30.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) added 0.17% or 0.005 points to end at 2.950 and Heineken (AS:HEIN) was up 0.08% or 0.07 points to 84.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA), which fell 3.06% or 1.10 points to trade at 35.00 at the close. Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) declined 1.58% or 0.083 points to end at 5.151 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was down 1.25% or 0.41 points to 32.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 92 to 37 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.65% to 12.44 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.21% or 0.12 to $56.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.43% or 0.27 to hit $63.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.07 to trade at $1279.27 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1661, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.8898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.44.