Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 3.58% or 0.38 points to trade at 11.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.85% or 0.23 points to end at 12.67 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.21% or 0.760 points to 63.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which fell 1.52% or 1.340 points to trade at 86.700 at the close. Umicore SA (BR:UMI) declined 1.09% or 0.40 points to end at 36.34 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 0.75% or 0.72 points to 95.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 57 to 45 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore SA (BR:UMI) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.09% or 0.40 to 36.34.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.85% or 10.50 to $1218.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.47% or 0.76 to hit $50.87 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 0.89 to trade at $59.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1280, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 97.390.