Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.92% or 0.70 points to trade at 24.66 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB SA (EBR:UCB) added 2.68% or 3.75 points to end at 143.90 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB) was up 2.14% or 4.40 points to 210.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Proximus NV (EBR:PROX), which fell 0.77% or 0.06 points to trade at 7.78 at the close. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 0.33% or 0.08 points to end at 24.20 and Argen-X (EBR:ARGX) was down 0.21% or 0.90 points to 427.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 67 to 31 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.39% or 9.40 to $2,389.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $78.18 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.47 to trade at $82.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 104.12.