Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology 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 Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 3.99% or 1.49 points to trade at 38.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 1.94% or 0.82 points to end at 43.04 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 1.72% or 0.31 points to 18.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which fell 1.48% or 0.80 points to trade at 53.35 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 0.69% or 0.61 points to end at 88.34 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.65% or 0.09 points to 13.83.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 76 to 33 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.30 to $1342.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.76% or 1.75 to hit $65.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.83% or 1.94 to trade at $70.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8709.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 89.40.