Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 1.00% or 0.700 points to trade at 70.860 at the close. Meanwhile, Sofina (BR:SOF) added 0.72% or 1.00 points to end at 139.40 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.71% or 0.18 points to 25.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 1.37% or 0.30 points to trade at 21.62 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 1.27% or 0.48 points to end at 37.32 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.93% or 0.13 points to 13.92.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 47 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1336.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.06% or 1.28 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.33 to trade at $68.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.2318, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 89.59.