Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 3.66% or 1.555 points to trade at 44.005 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Groep NV (AS:ING) added 3.26% or 0.304 points to end at 9.639 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was up 2.03% or 0.615 points to 30.845 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 2.14% or 0.62 points to trade at 28.35 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.50% or 0.755 points to end at 49.495 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was down 0.37% or 0.40 points to 107.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 87 to 51 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.55% or 21.05 to $1335.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.24% or 1.90 to hit $46.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 4.41% or 2.04 to trade at $48.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1080, while EUR/GBP fell 1.75% to 0.8365.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 96.42.