Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software & Computers, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BRU:BPOST), which rose 3.81% or 0.95 points to trade at 25.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore NV (BRU:UMI) added 1.28% or 0.57 points to end at 45.33 and Belgacom (BRU:BCOM) was up 1.20% or 0.39 points to 32.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DIeteren SA (BRU:IETB), which fell 2.89% or 1.070 points to trade at 35.910 at the close. Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB) declined 0.72% or 0.60 points to end at 82.88 and Delta Lloyd (AMS:DLL) was down 0.43% or 0.07 points to 16.79.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 98 to 69 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore NV (BRU:UMI) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.28% or 0.57 to 45.33.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1226.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.43% or 0.26 to hit $60.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.55 to trade at $66.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.95% to 1.1340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.7236.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.82% at 94.05.