Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.97% or 3.040 points to trade at 79.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 3.01% or 0.64 points to end at 21.88 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 1.90% or 1.20 points to 64.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 1.22% or 0.880 points to trade at 71.140 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 1.16% or 0.28 points to end at 23.95 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 1.09% or 0.18 points to 16.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 47 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Proximus NV (BR:PROX) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.16% or 0.28 to 23.95.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1319.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.88 to trade at $78.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1976, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.25.