Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which rose 5.36% or 0.54 points to trade at 10.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 3.57% or 0.82 points to end at 23.81 and Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET) was up 3.55% or 1.46 points to 42.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which fell 4.32% or 1.66 points to trade at 36.74 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) declined 2.06% or 1.56 points to end at 74.34 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 0.97% or 0.860 points to 88.040.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 48 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore SA (BR:UMI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.32% or 1.66 to 36.74.
Gold Futures for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.58% or 1.30 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.83% or 1.67 to trade at $60.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1343, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.875.