Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.34% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 2.82% or 0.81 points to trade at 29.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 2.12% or 0.94 points to end at 45.54 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 2.07% or 0.91 points to 44.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 0.83% or 0.12 points to trade at 14.32 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.39% or 0.12 points to end at 29.01 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 0.30% or 0.18 points to 60.58.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 75 to 47 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.43 to $1276.23 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $50.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.27 to trade at $55.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1751, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8874.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.41.