Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 1.65%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (BR:UMI), which rose 6.13% or 2.70 points to trade at 46.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 4.42% or 3.920 points to end at 92.700 and Telenet Group (BR:TNET) was up 2.25% or 1.35 points to 61.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which fell 0.86% or 0.90 points to trade at 103.60 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 0.05% or 0.05 points to end at 109.05 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 0.08% or 0.060 points to 72.940.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 80 to 30 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore SA (BR:UMI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.13% or 2.70 to 46.78.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.89% or 11.70 to $1327.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.32% or 0.78 to hit $59.98 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.91% or 0.57 to trade at $63.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8877.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.17.