Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were KPN Kon (AMS:KPN), which rose 3.12% or 0.099 points to trade at 3.268 at the close. ING Groep (AMS:ING) added 2.57% or 0.345 points to end at 13.795 and Philips Kon (AMS:PHG) was up 2.27% or 0.60 points to 27.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vopak (AMS:VOPA), which lost 1.01% or 0.51 points to trade at 50.10 in late trade. Aegon (AMS:AEGN) declined 0.56% or 0.041 points to end at 7.257 and Altice SA (AMS:ATCE) shed 0.30% or 0.30 points to 100.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 196 to 57 and 3 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 7.40% to 20.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.99% or 0.57 to $57.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.26% or 0.17 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.76% or 9.10 to trade at $1194.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.0756, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.7218.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 98.03.