Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.43% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which rose 1.35% or 1.40 points to trade at 105.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 1.23% or 1.55 points to end at 127.55 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 1.12% or 0.69 points to 62.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 0.79% or 0.570 points to trade at 71.310 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) declined 0.41% or 0.18 points to end at 43.91 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was down 0.31% or 0.050 points to 15.860.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 75 to 49 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.79 to $1270.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.23 to hit $54.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.30 to trade at $60.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1649, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.46.