Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Melexis NV (EBR:MLXS), which rose 8.98% or 4.95 points to trade at 60.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Azelis Corporate Services NV (EBR:AZE) added 5.89% or 0.82 points to end at 14.74 and Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) was up 4.32% or 2.78 points to 67.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elia (EBR:ELI), which fell 3.62% or 3.40 points to trade at 90.50 at the close. Cofinimmo SA (EBR:COFB) declined 2.26% or 1.75 points to end at 75.80 and Aedifica (EBR:AOO) was down 2.02% or 1.35 points to 65.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 58 to 38 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.12% or 104.41 to $3,239.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.05% or 1.25 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.96% or 1.25 to trade at $65.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.24% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.43% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.31% at 101.48.