Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 4.12% or 3.400 points to trade at 85.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BR:AGES) added 1.24% or 0.560 points to end at 45.560 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was up 0.82% or 0.40 points to 49.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which fell 0.78% or 0.18 points to trade at 22.85 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 0.70% or 0.16 points to end at 22.68 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was down 0.27% or 0.11 points to 41.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 76 to 37 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Proximus NV (BR:PROX) fell to 3-years lows; down 0.78% or 0.18 to 22.85. Shares in Ageas (BR:AGES) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.24% or 0.560 to 45.560. Shares in Umicore SA (BR:UMI) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.82% or 0.40 to 49.32.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.15% or 2.00 to $1289.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.91% or 0.65 to hit $72.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.34 to trade at $78.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1772, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.59.