Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Altice NV (AS:ATCA), which rose 1.43% or 0.21 points to trade at 14.91 at the close. Meanwhile, DSM Kon (AS:DSMN) added 0.59% or 0.31 points to end at 53.05 and Randstad (AS:RAND) was up 0.45% or 0.20 points to 46.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 3.20% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.84 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) declined 1.32% or 0.29 points to end at 21.67 and Aegon (AS:AEGN) was down 1.13% or 0.051 points to 4.451.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 79 to 76 and 16 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 2.62% to 20.88.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.24% or 0.60 to $47.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.42% or 0.69 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.31% or 3.85 to trade at $1249.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1206, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.7744.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.34.