Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 3.49%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Aegon (AS:AEGN), which rose 6.52% or 0.252 points to trade at 4.118 at the close. Meanwhile, Altice NV (AS:ATCA) added 5.82% or 0.77 points to end at 14.00 and Randstad (AS:RAND) was up 4.76% or 2.06 points to 45.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 1.03% or 0.54 points to trade at 53.10 at the close. Boskalis Westmin (AS:BOSN) added 2.05% or 0.64 points to end at 31.61 and SBM Offshore (AS:SBMO) was up 2.33% or 0.24 points to 10.53.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 156 to 18 and 4 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 11.48% to 30.42.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.68% or 1.30 to $49.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.70% or 1.33 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.39% or 5.05 to trade at $1289.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1309, while EUR/GBP fell 1.92% to 0.7702.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.58% at 93.75.