Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which rose 2.67% or 1.08 points to trade at 41.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore SA (BR:UMI) added 1.75% or 0.73 points to end at 42.40 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 1.69% or 1.43 points to 86.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which fell 0.33% or 0.15 points to trade at 45.35 at the close. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) declined 0.19% or 0.18 points to end at 93.76 and Ageas (BR:AGES) was down 0.05% or 0.020 points to 43.260.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 45 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.30 to $1347.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.34.