Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 2.40% or 0.60 points to trade at 25.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) added 1.71% or 0.19 points to end at 11.30 and Elia (EBR:ELI) was up 1.36% or 1.25 points to 93.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 2.20% or 0.60 points to trade at 26.68 at the close. Argen-X (EBR:ARGX) declined 1.27% or 6.60 points to end at 514.40 and Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) was down 0.80% or 0.31 points to 38.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 49 to 40 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 1.45 to $2,753.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 5.70% or 4.09 to hit $67.69 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.62% or 4.25 to trade at $71.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 104.16.