Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which rose 5.75% or 2.56 points to trade at 47.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 0.83% or 0.95 points to end at 115.05 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.72% or 0.310 points to 43.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 3.87% or 0.76 points to trade at 18.88 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) declined 2.90% or 0.64 points to end at 21.40 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 1.78% or 1.20 points to 66.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 61 to 54 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.87% or 0.76 to 18.88.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 6.00 to $1311.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.30% or 1.43 to hit $63.56 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.01% or 1.33 to trade at $67.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.2257, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 89.92.