Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.15% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 3.69% or 2.27 points to trade at 63.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 0.79% or 0.670 points to end at 85.370 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 0.78% or 0.23 points to 29.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 1.90% or 0.75 points to trade at 38.95 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) declined 0.62% or 0.37 points to end at 59.63 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 0.54% or 0.70 points to 130.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 60 to 52 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.08% or 13.69 to $1282.89 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.53% or 1.41 to hit $57.05 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.75% or 1.71 to trade at $63.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1606, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.70.