Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 4.03% or 1.610 points to trade at 41.610 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 2.23% or 1.44 points to end at 66.09 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 2.20% or 0.60 points to 28.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which fell 4.16% or 1.61 points to trade at 37.09 at the close. Ageas (BR:AGES) declined 3.25% or 1.085 points to end at 32.290 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.47% or 1.33 points to 88.87.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 88 to 51 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 2.21% or 28.55 to $1265.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.55% or 1.14 to hit $43.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.53% or 1.60 to trade at $43.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.7914.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 94.04.