Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.94% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 3.16% or 1.76 points to trade at 57.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 2.04% or 0.54 points to end at 26.77 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.88% or 0.23 points to 12.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 0.18% or 0.025 points to trade at 13.620 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 0.10% or 0.04 points to end at 39.00 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 0.01% or 0.005 points to 37.215.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 71 to 44 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.71% or 8.30 to $1157.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.19 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0624, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8377.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 101.08.