Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.73% or 1.420 points to trade at 83.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Argen-X (BR:ARGX) added 1.66% or 1.20 points to end at 73.60 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was up 1.56% or 0.77 points to 49.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 1.98% or 0.52 points to trade at 25.78 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) declined 0.89% or 0.38 points to end at 42.34 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 0.81% or 0.31 points to 37.88.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 45 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1255.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $73.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.65 to trade at $78.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1728, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.98.