Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 1.88% or 2.10 points to trade at 113.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.22% or 1.140 points to end at 94.320 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) was up 1.15% or 0.32 points to 28.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which fell 1.88% or 0.48 points to trade at 25.10 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.38% or 0.40 points to end at 104.00 and UCB (BR:UCB) was down 0.03% or 0.02 points to 66.56.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 67 to 47 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in bpost NV (BR:BPOST) rose to all time highs; up 1.15% or 0.32 to 28.24.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.63% or 22.10 to $1334.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.96% or 0.59 to hit $62.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $65.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.2353, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 89.51.