Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 8.84% or 3.510 points to trade at 43.200 at the close. Meanwhile, UCB (BR:UCB) added 1.51% or 0.99 points to end at 66.34 and Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) was up 1.15% or 1.25 points to 109.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KBC (BR:KBC), which fell 0.81% or 0.395 points to trade at 48.635 at the close. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 0.66% or 0.20 points to end at 29.18 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.59% or 0.09 points to 14.31.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 72 to 63 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.46% or 6.00 to $1296.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.44% or 1.12 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.96% or 1.40 to trade at $45.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1511, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.7850.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 92.69.