Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which rose 3.27% or 1.15 points to trade at 36.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 3.01% or 2.640 points to end at 90.400 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 2.71% or 0.49 points to 18.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telenet Group Holding NV (BR:TNET), which fell 1.12% or 0.48 points to trade at 42.20 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.83% or 0.20 points to end at 23.79 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was down 0.03% or 0.02 points to 63.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 78 to 38 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.36% or 4.65 to $1285.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.45% or 1.19 to hit $49.71 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.29 to trade at $58.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1446, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.9003.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 95.482.