Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.56% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 1.15% or 0.21 points to trade at 18.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Gemalto (AS:GTO) added 0.80% or 0.35 points to end at 44.09 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was up 0.21% or 0.16 points to 77.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which fell 2.70% or 0.77 points to trade at 27.61 at the close. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 1.88% or 0.70 points to end at 36.90 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) was down 1.59% or 0.079 points to 4.899.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 79 to 43 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.70% or 0.77 to 27.61. Shares in Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.88% or 0.70 to 36.90.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.83% to 14.69.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.77% or 0.86 to $47.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.80% or 0.95 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1294.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1812, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.9154.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 93.03.