Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 35.50% or 6.89 points to trade at 26.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BR:AGES) added 1.96% or 0.820 points to end at 42.660 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) was up 1.33% or 0.50 points to 38.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 1.76% or 0.23 points to trade at 12.83 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) declined 1.66% or 0.72 points to end at 42.72 and Argen-X (BR:ARGX) was down 0.82% or 0.60 points to 72.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 72 to 43 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell to all time lows; falling 1.76% or 0.23 to 12.83.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.30 to $1261.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.43% or 0.32 to hit $73.48 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.78 to trade at $77.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1747, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 93.83.