Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which rose 1.61% or 1.36 points to trade at 85.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 1.49% or 0.66 points to end at 45.08 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was up 1.47% or 2.40 points to 166.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 2.64% or 0.64 points to trade at 23.56 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 1.84% or 0.75 points to end at 40.12 and Argen-X (BR:ARGX) was down 1.79% or 1.40 points to 76.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 50 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sofina (BR:SOF) rose to all time highs; up 1.47% or 2.40 to 166.20.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 3.90 to $1202.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $72.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1342, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 96.57.