Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Software & Computer Services and Support Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI), which rose 2.96% or 4.35 points to trade at 151.15 at the close. Prosus (AS:PRX) added 2.92% or 0.94 points to end at 33.09 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was up 2.53% or 21.00 points to 850.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shell PLC (AS:SHEL), which lost 0.12% or 0.04 points to trade at 33.30 in late trade. Unilever PLC (AS:ULVR) declined 0.11% or 0.06 points to end at 53.30 and Randstad NV (AS:RAND) gained 0.04% or 0.02 points to 44.71.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 25 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.57% or 0.45 to $78.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.56% or 0.46 to hit $82.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 8.45 to trade at $2,390.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.11.