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A businesslike fitness test in a boardroom: the AEX as an office worker struggles on a treadmill while a suited instructor adds weight and an oil barrel rolls behind him. A businesslike fitness test in a boardroom: the AEX as an office worker struggles on a treadmill while a suited instructor adds weight and an oil barrel rolls behind him.
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AEX closes lower as Amsterdam chooses discipline over relief

AEX fell 0.42%; Amsterdam chose cost discipline over relief, with rates and energy still setting.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 19, 2026
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  • Market Pulse

Amsterdam pauses while the real economy stays awake

AEX slipped 0.12%; business signal: demand holds, but rates and energy keep margins.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 18, 2026
Two businesslike traders in suits place a small plaster on a huge cracked closing bell while buckets catch leaking oil, water and paperwork below. Two businesslike traders in suits place a small plaster on a huge cracked closing bell while buckets catch leaking oil, water and paperwork below.
  • Market Pulse

Amsterdam repairs the tape, not the risks

AEX rose 1.18%; Amsterdam repaired confidence, but costs and supply discipline.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 17, 2026
A formal waiter presents an enormous heavy bill to calm business executives at a neat dinner table; the small AEX chair is being pushed downward by the weight, while nobody panics. A formal waiter presents an enormous heavy bill to calm business executives at a neat dinner table; the small AEX chair is being pushed downward by the weight, while nobody panics.
  • Market Pulse

AEX slips as rate pressure returns to the bill

AEX fell 0.55%; Amsterdam stayed orderly, but higher-rate and cost risk still matter.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 5, 2026
Business owners wait in a clinic-like room with cost objects treated as patients, while a closed central-bank-style door remains shut. Business owners wait in a clinic-like room with cost objects treated as patients, while a closed central-bank-style door remains shut.
  • Market Pulse

AEX closes higher, but Amsterdam’s cost test is still alive

AEX rose modestly; Dutch firms got relief, not a clean signal.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 4, 2026
A single-panel cartoon shows an Amsterdam-style government counter with no words or labels. Behind it, a large oil barrel dressed like a civil servant collects money from various Dutch business figures. An energy executive nearby is A single-panel cartoon shows an Amsterdam-style government counter with no words or labels. Behind it, a large oil barrel dressed like a civil servant collects money from various Dutch business figures. An energy executive nearby is
  • Market Pulse

AEX slips back as cost pressure keeps Amsterdam disciplined

AEX slipped 0.49%; cost pressure kept Amsterdam disciplined, not.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 3, 2026
A boardroom lunch table is tilted steeply because two huge silicon-wafer dishes sit at the raised end beside a small ceremonial bell. Executives at the lower end slide with their plates into a pile of receipts, an oil drum and a steaming A boardroom lunch table is tilted steeply because two huge silicon-wafer dishes sit at the raised end beside a small ceremonial bell. Executives at the lower end slide with their plates into a pile of receipts, an oil drum and a steaming
  • Market Pulse

AEX closes firmly higher, but the cost story is not gone

Amsterdam ended 2 June with a clean gain: the AEX closed up 1.26% at 1,049.06, near the day’s high.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 2, 2026
A modest AEX office worker waits in a clinic with a barrel of oil and a coughing factory machine, while a nurse enters holding a giant euro-shaped thermometer. A modest AEX office worker waits in a clinic with a barrel of oil and a coughing factory machine, while a nurse enters holding a giant euro-shaped thermometer.
  • Market Pulse

AEX edges higher while Europe stays cautious

Amsterdam finished Monday with a small but telling gain: the AEX closed up 0.11% at 1,036.02, at the day’s.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
June 1, 2026
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AEX ends softer as rates, energy and weak confidence keep Amsterdam disciplined

AEX closing brief for 2026-05-29: a plain-English reading of the Amsterdam market close, the drivers.
byPaolo Maria Pavan
May 29, 2026
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