Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.59% or 0.920 points to trade at 58.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI) added 1.59% or 1.80 points to end at 115.05 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was up 1.53% or 0.61 points to 40.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 0.95% or 0.520 points to trade at 53.970 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.52% or 0.55 points to end at 105.60 and ING Groep NV (AS:INGA) was up 0.04% or 0.005 points to 11.250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 102 to 45 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.73% or 9.15 to $1261.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.77% or 1.38 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.21% or 1.15 to trade at $53.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1154, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.9008.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 96.81.