Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which rose 8.47% or 1.92 points to trade at 24.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 2.52% or 1.04 points to end at 42.27 and KBC (BR:KBC) was up 2.03% or 1.440 points to 72.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR), which fell 1.33% or 0.64 points to trade at 47.55 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) declined 1.26% or 1.080 points to end at 84.880 and Sofina (BR:SOF) was down 0.68% or 1.00 points to 146.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 63 to 59 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1291.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.64 to trade at $79.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1783, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.47.