Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 2.31% or 0.48 points to trade at 21.29 at the close. Meanwhile, bpost NV (BR:BPOST) added 1.56% or 0.20 points to end at 13.06 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.22% or 0.15 points to 12.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 2.37% or 1.05 points to trade at 43.32 at the close. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) declined 0.56% or 0.48 points to end at 85.24 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 0.53% or 0.09 points to 17.04.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 44 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.56% or 0.48 to 85.24. Shares in Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) fell to all time lows; losing 0.53% or 0.09 to 17.04.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.40 to $1191.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.65% or 0.48 to hit $74.77 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.78 to trade at $84.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1478, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.47.