Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which rose 2.50% or 0.48 points to trade at 19.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.96% or 1.540 points to end at 79.940 and Argen-X (BR:ARGX) was up 1.68% or 1.20 points to 72.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ageas (BR:AGES), which fell 2.45% or 1.040 points to trade at 41.400 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 0.84% or 0.11 points to end at 13.01 and KBC (BR:KBC) was down 0.40% or 0.260 points to 65.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 65 to 45 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell to all time lows; down 0.84% or 0.11 to 13.01. Shares in KBC (BR:KBC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.40% or 0.260 to 65.100.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.14% or 14.10 to $1255.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $77.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1646, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8844.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.43.