Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software & Computers, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BRU:TNET), which rose 5.66% or 2.97 points to trade at 55.46 at the close. Meanwhile, D'Ieteren (D) (BRU:IETB) added 3.52% or 1.175 points to end at 34.565 and Belgacom (BRU:BCOM) was up 2.80% or 0.94 points to 34.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Colruyt (D) (BRU:COLR), which fell 0.08% or 0.04 points to trade at 43.32 at the close. GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) added 0.26% or 0.05 points to end at 19.37 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BRU:ABI) was up 0.35% or 0.40 points to 114.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 114 to 57 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenet Group (BRU:TNET) rose to all time highs; rising 5.66% or 2.97 to 55.46.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.71% or 8.50 to $1194.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.10% or 0.63 to hit $57.95 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.28 to trade at $63.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.0762, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.7217.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 97.97.