Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 2.67% or 0.280 points to trade at 10.770 at the close. Meanwhile, Ageas (BR:AGES) added 2.20% or 0.670 points to end at 31.070 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.81% or 0.920 points to 51.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elia (BR:ELI), which fell 0.51% or 0.240 points to trade at 47.270 at the close. UCB (BR:UCB) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 73.00 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) was up 0.16% or 0.04 points to 21.64.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 98 to 32 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1343.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.97% or 0.46 to hit $47.87 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.60 to trade at $49.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1311, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8576.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 94.47.