Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 2.98% or 1.26 points to trade at 43.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.78% or 2.060 points to end at 76.120 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was up 1.29% or 0.61 points to 47.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 0.23% or 0.06 points to trade at 23.51 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) declined 0.16% or 0.16 points to end at 98.83 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was up 0.24% or 0.30 points to 125.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 67 to 43 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.76 to $1292.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $47.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.22 to trade at $51.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1768, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.9170.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.36.