Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.33% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 0.96% or 0.28 points to trade at 29.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Delhaize Group (BR:DELB) added 0.87% or 0.83 points to end at 96.15 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 0.87% or 1.00 points to 116.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were bpost NV (BR:BPOST), which fell 2.43% or 0.59 points to trade at 23.73 at the close. Elia (BR:ELI) declined 1.43% or 0.655 points to end at 45.205 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was down 0.50% or 0.260 points to 51.600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 88 to 53 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.20 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.59% or 0.29 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.36 to trade at $50.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.