Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 2.93% or 3.25 points to trade at 114.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 2.11% or 0.81 points to end at 39.18 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 2.07% or 1.34 points to 66.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 1.69% or 0.31 points to trade at 18.00 at the close. Ageas (BR:AGES) declined 1.32% or 0.560 points to end at 41.970 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.41% or 0.06 points to 13.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 80 to 29 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.69% or 0.31 to 18.00.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.81% or 11.00 to $1344.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $65.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.15 to trade at $69.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 88.92.