Netherlands shares higher at close of trade; AEX up 0.11%

Investing.com – Netherlands equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX rose 0.11%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Shell PLC (AS:SHEL), which rose 1.83% or 0.57 points to trade at 31.71 at the close. ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) added 0.94% or 0.15 points to end at 16.16 and Koninklijke KPN NV (AS:KPN) was up 0.83% or 0.03 points to 3.65 in late trade.

Biggest losers included ASM International NV (AS:ASMI), which lost 2.10% or 12.40 points to trade at 576.80 in late trade. BE Semiconductor Industries NV (AS:BESI) declined 1.47% or 1.65 points to end at 110.95 and ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML) shed 1.31% or 9.90 points to 747.60.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 51 to 50 and 9 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 November delivery was up 3.27% or 2.43 to $76.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.13% or 2.44 to hit $80.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.30 to trade at $2,664.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.22.