Netherlands stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Oil&Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX added 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the AEX were ASML Holding NV (AS:ASML), which rose 2.49% or 4.00 points to trade at 164.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Koninklijke Philips NV (AS:PHG) added 1.12% or 0.44 points to end at 39.67 and Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) was up 1.05% or 0.96 points to 92.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which fell 1.92% or 0.380 points to trade at 19.370 at the close. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) declined 1.27% or 1.02 points to end at 79.52 and Altice NV (AS:ATCA) was down 1.25% or 0.03 points to 2.29.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by 75 to 56 and 9 ended unchanged.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was down 2.45% to 12.14.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.02% or 1.48 to $74.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.93% or 1.60 to hit $84.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.60 to trade at $1193.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1574, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.94.
