Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.60% or 1.990 points to trade at 78.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 1.55% or 1.70 points to end at 111.65 and Aperam (AS:APAM) was up 1.43% or 0.66 points to 46.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which fell 0.92% or 0.42 points to trade at 45.08 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.90% or 0.95 points to end at 104.20 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 0.20% or 0.14 points to 71.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 76 to 37 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) rose to all time highs; up 2.60% or 1.990 to 78.490.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 1.45 to $1254.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.89% or 0.90 to hit $48.63 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 0.87 to trade at $51.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.0850, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8681.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 99.16.