Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI), which rose 2.59% or 2.08 points to trade at 82.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.14% or 0.15 points to end at 13.71 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.86% or 0.580 points to 68.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 2.17% or 0.50 points to trade at 22.56 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 1.08% or 0.44 points to end at 40.31 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 0.44% or 0.30 points to 67.46.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 70 to 49 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1297.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.14% or 0.75 to hit $65.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.95 to trade at $75.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1690, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.03.