Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Construction & Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX gained 3.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice SA (AMS:ATCE), which rose 12.64% or 14.55 points to trade at 129.65 at the close. KPN Kon (AMS:KPN) added 5.15% or 0.165 points to end at 3.368 and ING Groep (AMS:ING) was up 4.94% or 0.720 points to 15.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TNT Express (AMS:TNTE), which added 0.13% or 0.010 points to trade at 7.645 in late trade. OCI (AMS:OCI) added 0.49% or 0.130 points to end at 26.920 and Royal Dutch Shell A (AMS:RDSa) gained 0.81% or 0.21 points to 26.09.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 31 and 1 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 12.64% to 21.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.78% or 0.47 to $59.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.91% or 0.57 to hit $62.45 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.60% or 19.20 to trade at $1182.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1347, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.7176.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.49.