Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were NN Group NV (AS:NN), which rose 0.54% or 0.19 points to trade at 35.38 at the close. Heineken (AS:HEIN) added 0.42% or 0.36 points to end at 85.18 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) was up 0.37% or 0.095 points to 25.545 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which lost 3.32% or 0.24 points to trade at 6.92 in late trade. Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) declined 1.69% or 1.34 points to end at 78.18 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) shed 1.68% or 1.380 points to 80.740.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 84 to 32 and 11 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.79% to 18.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.55% or 0.36 to $65.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $69.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.30 to trade at $1355.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.2447, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.