Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which rose 1.98% or 0.80 points to trade at 41.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.89% or 0.905 points to end at 48.700 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.39% or 0.625 points to 45.485 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which fell 3.26% or 1.70 points to trade at 50.44 at the close. Ageas (BR:AGES) declined 0.69% or 0.210 points to end at 30.160 and Proximus NV (BR:PROX) was down 0.63% or 0.18 points to 28.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 81 to 56 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1327.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.02% or 0.44 to hit $42.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $44.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0989, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8367.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.17.