Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 3.12% or 1.77 points to trade at 58.47 at the close. Meanwhile, NN Group (AS:NN) added 2.06% or 0.52 points to end at 25.79 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.86% or 0.870 points to 47.770 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 2.10% or 0.120 points to trade at 5.604 at the close. Philips Kon (AS:PHG) declined 1.02% or 0.26 points to end at 25.34 and Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) was down 0.89% or 0.20 points to 22.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 85 to 76 and 17 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 2.48% to 18.61.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.89% or 1.42 to $47.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.91% or 1.48 to hit $49.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.45 to trade at $1343.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8614.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.53.