Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Relx PLC (AS:REL), which rose 0.42% or 0.075 points to trade at 17.900 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (AS:RDSa) added 0.34% or 0.095 points to end at 27.785 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) was up 0.32% or 0.16 points to 50.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which lost 4.36% or 4.100 points to trade at 90.000 in late trade. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 4.23% or 0.09 points to end at 2.13 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 2.29% or 0.510 points to 21.750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 29 and 7 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 11.51% to 15.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.11% or 0.67 to $60.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.28% or 0.90 to hit $71.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.10 to trade at $1203.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 97.33.