Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD), which rose 3.67% or 0.74 points to trade at 21.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) added 2.40% or 1.20 points to end at 50.92 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 1.74% or 0.42 points to 24.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which fell 1.70% or 0.185 points to trade at 10.695 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 1.49% or 1.65 points to end at 109.05 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.62% or 0.09 points to 13.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 91 to 58 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 2.68% or 35.15 to $1277.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $48.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.21 to trade at $51.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1187, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 96.17.