Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which rose 2.80% or 0.335 points to trade at 12.285 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 2.03% or 1.070 points to end at 53.850 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.77% or 0.23 points to 12.97 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 1.72% or 0.47 points to trade at 27.15 at the close. Elia (BR:ELI) declined 0.95% or 0.435 points to end at 45.300 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was down 0.47% or 0.11 points to 23.39.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 108 to 41 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.93% or 25.15 to $1279.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.73% or 0.32 to hit $44.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.07 to trade at $45.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.93% to 1.1036, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.93% at 97.84.