Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 1.06% or 0.45 points to trade at 42.41 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 0.75% or 0.44 points to end at 59.07 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was up 0.56% or 0.37 points to 66.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 2.03% or 0.47 points to trade at 22.95 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) declined 1.58% or 0.95 points to end at 59.00 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 0.62% or 0.400 points to 63.820.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 65 to 48 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 2.90 to $1261.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $52.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1740, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.9043.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.59.