Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 1.19% or 0.17 points to trade at 14.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.87% or 0.90 points to end at 104.50 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.84% or 0.24 points to 28.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 3.39% or 0.84 points to trade at 23.95 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.43% or 0.57 points to end at 39.31 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.89% or 0.640 points to 71.150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 55 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 10.30 to $1285.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.71% or 0.35 to hit $49.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.26 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1748, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.52.