Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 2.62% or 0.35 points to trade at 13.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenet Group (BR:TNET) added 1.89% or 0.84 points to end at 45.40 and Ackermans & Van Haaren NV (BR:ACKB) was up 1.41% or 2.20 points to 158.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 0.19% or 0.022 points to trade at 11.672 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.08% or 0.07 points to end at 87.04 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.16% or 0.070 points to 44.630.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 85 to 32 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.19% or 0.022 to 11.672. Shares in Ackermans & Van Haaren NV (BR:ACKB) rose to all time highs; up 1.41% or 2.20 to 158.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.94% or 11.10 to $1195.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.32% or 0.21 to hit $65.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.46 to trade at $72.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1456, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.88.