Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 2.10% or 0.29 points to trade at 14.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.40% or 1.030 points to end at 74.600 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 1.16% or 0.450 points to 39.355 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sofina (BR:SOF), which fell 1.03% or 1.30 points to trade at 124.80 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 1.00% or 0.42 points to end at 41.45 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was down 0.74% or 0.30 points to 40.01.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 56 to 47 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.91% or 11.70 to $1278.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.17% or 0.08 to hit $47.51 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.11 to trade at $50.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.9126.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 93.73.