Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 2.21% or 1.470 points to trade at 68.070 at the close. Meanwhile, NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) added 2.03% or 0.92 points to end at 46.23 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 1.33% or 0.41 points to 31.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aperam SA (AS:APAM), which fell 2.11% or 0.89 points to trade at 41.32 at the close. Umicore NV (BR:UMI) declined 0.51% or 0.33 points to end at 64.86 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.39% or 0.12 points to 30.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 65 to 40 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.31% or 3.88 to $1250.42 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.15% or 1.46 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.94% or 1.43 to trade at $50.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1654, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.8941.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.84.