Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.02% or 1.790 points to trade at 60.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 1.83% or 0.51 points to end at 28.11 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was up 0.66% or 0.35 points to 53.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 0.62% or 0.085 points to trade at 13.540 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 0.20% or 0.12 points to end at 60.88 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.08% or 0.050 points to 59.580.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 85 to 29 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.36% or 4.05 to $1137.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.47% or 0.78 to hit $53.80 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.36% or 0.76 to trade at $56.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0457, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 103.02.