Investing.com – Netherlands stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX fell 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were Aalberts Industries (AS:AALB), which rose 1.83% or 0.59 points to trade at 33.15 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 1.58% or 0.135 points to end at 8.683 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 1.35% or 0.29 points to 22.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unilever NV (AS:UNc), which fell 5.15% or 2.31 points to trade at 42.49 at the close. Boskalis Westmin (AS:BOSN) declined 5.00% or 1.75 points to end at 33.22 and NN Group (AS:NN) was down 0.52% or 0.15 points to 29.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 74 to 50 and 12 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.02% to 13.45.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.28% or 0.15 to $53.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.43% or 0.24 to hit $56.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1238.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8522.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.86.