Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Argen-X (BR:ARGX), which rose 5.72% or 5.30 points to trade at 98.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 4.26% or 0.74 points to end at 18.10 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 3.86% or 3.260 points to 87.760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ageas (BR:AGES), which fell 1.94% or 0.760 points to trade at 38.390 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 0.95% or 0.07 points to end at 7.86 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was down 0.43% or 0.26 points to 60.28.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 74 to 39 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Argen-X (BR:ARGX) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.72% or 5.30 to 98.00. Shares in Ageas (BR:AGES) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.94% or 0.760 to 38.390.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 3.50 to $1289.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.46% or 1.18 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 1.02 to trade at $58.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.65% to 1.1467, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 95.290.