Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which rose 3.92% or 0.34 points to trade at 8.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Syensqo SA (EBR:SYENS) added 2.77% or 1.76 points to end at 65.36 and Cofinimmo SA (EBR:COFB) was up 2.16% or 1.60 points to 75.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB), which fell 0.27% or 0.08 points to trade at 29.16 at the close. D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB) added 0.11% or 0.20 points to end at 183.80 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI) was up 0.16% or 0.10 points to 60.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 79 to 21 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.51% or 48.69 to $3,282.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.84% or 0.52 to hit $61.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.57 to trade at $64.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 100.11.