Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Philips Lighting NV (AS:LIGHT), which rose 4.35% or 1.01 points to trade at 24.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.16% or 1.100 points to end at 96.000 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was up 1.02% or 0.056 points to 5.532 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heineken (AS:HEIN), which fell 5.26% or 4.86 points to trade at 87.50 at the close. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 3.96% or 0.11 points to end at 2.76 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) was down 2.00% or 0.051 points to 2.504.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 78 to 54 and 11 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 6.69% to 11.46.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.04% or 1.40 to $70.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.10% or 0.82 to hit $75.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1221.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 94.09.