Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Industrials 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 Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.53% or 2.510 points to trade at 73.570 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.84% or 0.25 points to end at 13.81 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was up 1.44% or 0.42 points to 30.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which fell 0.01% or 0.01 points to trade at 47.58 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 0.11% or 0.04 points to end at 41.87 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was up 0.39% or 0.25 points to 64.22.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 83 to 30 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.75 to $1290.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.21% or 0.59 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.74 to trade at $51.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1784, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.9077.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 93.27.