Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.89% or 1.540 points to trade at 82.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) added 1.27% or 1.08 points to end at 86.37 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 0.77% or 0.56 points to 73.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which fell 0.80% or 0.43 points to trade at 53.31 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 0.65% or 0.75 points to end at 114.10 and Aperam (AS:APAM) was down 0.43% or 0.20 points to 46.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 64 to 50 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.89% or 1.540 to 82.990. Shares in Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (BR:GBLB) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.27% or 1.08 to 86.37.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.50 to $1257.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.71% or 0.86 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.06 to trade at $54.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.0662, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8579.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 100.50.