Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 1.80% or 1.15 points to trade at 65.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 1.65% or 0.45 points to end at 27.65 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was up 1.61% or 0.68 points to 43.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ageas (BR:AGES), which fell 0.01% or 0.005 points to trade at 41.485 at the close. Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 0.09% or 0.04 points to end at 43.00 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.39% or 0.280 points to 71.210.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 83 to 36 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 8.30 to $1265.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.42% or 0.24 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $63.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1799, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 93.12.