Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Sofina (BR:SOF), which rose 2.93% or 4.20 points to trade at 147.40 at the close. Meanwhile, KBC (BR:KBC) added 1.43% or 1.000 points to end at 70.700 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 1.32% or 2.00 points to 153.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 0.59% or 0.082 points to trade at 13.896 at the close. Ablynx NV (BR:ABLX) declined 0.27% or 0.120 points to end at 44.760 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.24% or 0.06 points to 24.62.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 51 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sofina (BR:SOF) rose to all time highs; up 2.93% or 4.20 to 147.40.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1314.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.71% or 1.92 to hit $68.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.23% or 1.70 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1881, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 92.85.