Netherlands shares lower at close of trade; AEX down 0.47%

Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.47%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG), which rose 2.00% or 0.49 points to trade at 25.02 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 0.75% or 0.12 points to end at 15.85 and ABN AMRO Group NV (AS:ABNd) was up 0.72% or 0.11 points to 15.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included ASM International NV (AS:ASMI), which lost 2.08% or 10.80 points to trade at 507.60 in late trade. Universal Music Group NV (AS:UMG) declined 2.00% or 0.47 points to end at 22.98 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) shed 1.42% or 8.90 points to 618.20.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 70 to 35 and 5 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.09.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.53% or 1.76 to $71.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.35% or 1.72 to hit $74.82 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 6.35 to trade at $2,742.85 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.79.