Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 2.42% or 0.305 points to trade at 12.915 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.41% or 1.330 points to end at 56.410 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) was up 2.20% or 0.40 points to 18.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BR:UCB), which fell 1.24% or 0.74 points to trade at 58.80 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.92% or 0.24 points to end at 25.89 and Elia (BR:ELI) was down 0.41% or 0.190 points to 46.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 103 to 43 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in UCB (BR:UCB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.24% or 0.74 to 58.80.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.79% or 9.25 to $1168.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.56% or 0.29 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.51 to trade at $54.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.0734, while EUR/GBP rose 0.78% to 0.8447.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 100.39.