Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Heineken (AS:HEIN), which rose 2.62% or 2.05 points to trade at 80.36 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.40% or 0.800 points to end at 57.930 and Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) was up 0.83% or 0.185 points to 22.355 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gemalto (AS:GTO), which lost 1.28% or 0.73 points to trade at 56.35 in late trade. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) declined 1.00% or 0.110 points to end at 10.880 and NN Group (AS:NN) shed 0.73% or 0.20 points to 27.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 65 to 53 and 17 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 3.55% to 17.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.54% or 0.26 to $48.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.80% or 0.40 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.85 to trade at $1313.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1213, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8731.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.64.