Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 1.72% or 1.02 points to trade at 60.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 1.36% or 0.39 points to end at 28.99 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 1.25% or 1.22 points to 98.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 2.44% or 1.09 points to trade at 43.70 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.61% or 0.66 points to end at 40.06 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 1.15% or 1.45 points to 124.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 53 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.14% or 14.74 to $1312.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.09% or 1.06 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 1.39 to trade at $57.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.00% to 1.1837, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 92.51.