Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 4.46% or 1.12 points to trade at 26.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) added 2.40% or 1.86 points to end at 79.24 and KBC Groep NV (EBR:KBC) was up 1.71% or 1.18 points to 70.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB), which fell 1.25% or 0.42 points to trade at 33.13 at the close. Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS) declined 1.00% or 0.60 points to end at 59.30 and Warehouses de Pauw Comm VA (EBR:WDPP) was down 0.85% or 0.18 points to 21.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 55 to 35 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.72% or 73.20 to $2,621.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.03% or 2.13 to hit $68.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.69% or 1.99 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 105.43.