Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.73% or 1.600 points to trade at 60.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore NV (BR:UMI) added 1.72% or 0.92 points to end at 54.38 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 1.50% or 0.35 points to 23.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 2.35% or 0.70 points to trade at 29.25 at the close. Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) declined 0.77% or 0.90 points to end at 115.80 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 0.74% or 0.080 points to 10.700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 77 to 74 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.73% or 1.600 to 60.220.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.45 to $1318.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.25% or 0.11 to hit $43.97 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.10 to trade at $45.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1167, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8608.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 95.90.