Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Sofina (BR:SOF), which rose 2.66% or 4.40 points to trade at 170.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 2.05% or 0.98 points to end at 48.88 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 2.01% or 0.37 points to 18.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 2.42% or 2.470 points to trade at 99.680 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 2.33% or 1.86 points to end at 78.14 and Argen-X (BR:ARGX) was down 0.49% or 0.40 points to 81.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 48 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 6.50 to $1207.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $78.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.1692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 94.05.