Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were NN Group (AS:NN), which rose 1.06% or 0.34 points to trade at 32.82 at the close. ASML Holding (AS:ASML) added 0.90% or 0.95 points to end at 106.35 and Philips Kon (AS:PHG) was up 0.79% or 0.23 points to 28.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aegon (AS:AEGN), which lost 2.73% or 0.145 points to trade at 5.168 in late trade. Royal Dutch Shell A (AS:RDSa) declined 1.72% or 0.455 points to end at 25.970 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) shed 1.44% or 0.200 points to 13.705.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 74 to 51 and 12 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 1.01% to 14.27.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.89% or 1.56 to $52.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.84% or 1.62 to hit $55.48 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.81% or 9.55 to trade at $1182.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.0565, while EUR/GBP rose 1.34% to 0.8690.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 101.99.