Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Industrials and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 2.94% or 2.22 points to trade at 77.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 2.63% or 0.94 points to end at 36.67 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 2.63% or 2.300 points to 89.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET), which fell 1.90% or 0.76 points to trade at 39.30 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 0.60% or 0.15 points to end at 24.77 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 0.48% or 0.44 points to 91.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 50 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.15 to $1288.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.53% or 1.28 to hit $51.79 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.17 to trade at $60.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.74% to 1.1389, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 95.803.