Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore NV (BR:UMI), which rose 2.00% or 1.06 points to trade at 54.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.92% or 1.180 points to end at 62.750 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) was up 1.02% or 0.99 points to 98.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ageas (BR:AGES), which fell 1.60% or 0.635 points to trade at 38.965 at the close. KBC (BR:KBC) declined 0.63% or 0.380 points to end at 59.740 and Elia (BR:ELI) was down 0.23% or 0.110 points to 46.840.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 56 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.36% or 4.45 to $1236.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.96% or 1.04 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.56% or 0.87 to trade at $54.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.0697, while EUR/GBP fell 0.66% to 0.8563.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.24.