Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.86% or 3.260 points to trade at 87.760 at the close. Koninklijke Vopak NV (AS:VOPA) added 2.61% or 1.08 points to end at 42.49 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) was up 2.50% or 3.34 points to 137.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Heineken (AS:HEIN), which lost 2.55% or 1.98 points to trade at 75.76 in late trade. ASR Nederland NV (AS:ASRNL) declined 2.07% or 0.74 points to end at 35.02 and Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) shed 1.41% or 0.42 points to 29.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 36 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 1.19% to 18.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.73% or 1.31 to $49.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.05% or 1.17 to hit $58.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.55 to trade at $1289.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.64% to 1.1466, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8979.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 95.297.