Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.96% or 2.460 points to trade at 85.660 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 2.25% or 1.01 points to end at 45.80 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.75% or 0.320 points to 43.070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 2.06% or 0.84 points to trade at 39.92 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.04% or 0.38 points to end at 36.00 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.49% or 0.13 points to 26.64.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 48 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.23% or 3.10 to $1320.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.48% or 0.92 to hit $61.12 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 0.75 to trade at $64.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.2335, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 89.91.