Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.56% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 1.15% or 0.21 points to trade at 18.93 at the close. Gemalto (AS:GTO) added 0.80% or 0.35 points to end at 44.09 and Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) was up 0.21% or 0.16 points to 77.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which lost 2.70% or 0.77 points to trade at 27.61 in late trade. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) declined 1.88% or 0.70 points to end at 36.90 and Aegon NV (AS:AEGN) shed 1.59% or 0.079 points to 4.899.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 43 and 13 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 4.83% to 14.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.77% or 0.86 to $47.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.80% or 0.95 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.11 to trade at $1294.71 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1810, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9153.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 93.05.