Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 4.67% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 0.96% or 1.80 points to end at 189.65 and Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) was up 0.94% or 0.39 points to 42.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG), which fell 1.36% or 0.49 points to trade at 35.84 at the close. Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT) declined 1.13% or 0.28 points to end at 24.48 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) was down 1.12% or 0.222 points to 19.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 73 to 51 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 10.83% to 14.88 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.78% or 1.21 to $66.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.16% or 0.89 to hit $75.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.50 to trade at $1297.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1628, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8736.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.36.