Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.15% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which rose 1.48% or 1.60 points to trade at 109.80 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BR:KBC) added 1.31% or 0.860 points to end at 66.360 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was up 1.20% or 1.80 points to 152.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 5.67% or 2.52 points to trade at 41.94 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 2.22% or 0.46 points to end at 20.23 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.92% or 0.12 points to 13.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 52 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sofina (BR:SOF) rose to all time highs; up 1.20% or 1.80 to 152.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1239.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.13% or 2.89 to hit $67.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.58% or 3.45 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1711, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.28.