Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were UCB (BR:UCB), which rose 2.13% or 1.52 points to trade at 73.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.86% or 0.870 points to end at 47.770 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 1.67% or 0.835 points to 50.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which fell 1.57% or 0.86 points to trade at 53.97 at the close. NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) declined 1.24% or 0.47 points to end at 37.89 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was down 0.84% or 0.95 points to 112.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 79 to 63 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.65 to $1343.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.97% or 1.46 to hit $47.65 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.01% or 1.53 to trade at $49.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1315, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8614.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.55.