Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding (AMS:ASML), which rose 1.42% or 1.17 points to trade at 83.79 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AMS:UNBP) added 1.26% or 3.10 points to end at 249.15 and Akzo Nobel (AMS:AKZO) was up 1.12% or 0.72 points to 64.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NN Group (AMS:NN), which lost 1.12% or 0.32 points to trade at 28.27 in late trade. Gemalto (AMS:GTO) declined 0.97% or 0.75 points to end at 76.36 and KPN Kon (AMS:KPN) shed 0.73% or 0.026 points to 3.513.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 97 and 3 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.16% to 21.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.53% or 0.23 to $42.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $49.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.49% or 5.40 to trade at $1118.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1081, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.7106.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.79.