Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 1.28% or 0.64 points to trade at 50.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Proximus NV (BR:PROX) added 0.91% or 0.25 points to end at 27.75 and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) was up 0.73% or 0.58 points to 80.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 1.17% or 0.34 points to trade at 28.71 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 0.20% or 0.130 points to end at 65.040 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 0.06% or 0.04 points to 68.04.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 66 to 48 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.25 to $1238.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.94 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.28 to trade at $56.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0618, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.86.