Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 1.81% or 2.15 points to trade at 121.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) added 1.66% or 0.72 points to end at 44.37 and Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) was up 1.39% or 1.100 points to 80.090 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Proximus NV (BR:PROX), which fell 0.97% or 0.30 points to trade at 30.55 at the close. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 0.55% or 0.60 points to end at 108.85 and NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB) was down 0.53% or 0.25 points to 47.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 68 to 49 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.30% or 3.69 to $1231.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.76% or 1.32 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 1.27 to trade at $52.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.0974, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.81.