Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 2.14% or 0.795 points to trade at 37.955 at the close. Meanwhile, Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) added 1.26% or 1.55 points to end at 125.05 and Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BR:ABI) was up 1.07% or 1.15 points to 108.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elia (BR:ELI), which fell 1.02% or 0.450 points to trade at 43.600 at the close. bpost NV (BR:BPOST) declined 0.79% or 0.20 points to end at 24.43 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was down 0.70% or 0.20 points to 28.32.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 76 to 56 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.35% or 4.40 to $1248.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.39% or 0.16 to hit $41.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.16 to trade at $41.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1214, while EUR/GBP rose 0.88% to 0.7893.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.66.