Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 1.69% or 0.35 points to trade at 21.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore NV (BR:UMI) added 1.17% or 0.70 points to end at 60.61 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 1.08% or 1.60 points to 150.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 1.45% or 0.88 points to trade at 59.73 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.09% or 0.730 points to end at 66.390 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was down 0.61% or 0.28 points to 44.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 71 to 41 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.18% or 2.17 to $1211.87 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.66% or 0.29 to hit $44.52 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.30 to trade at $47.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1399, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.82.