Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Construction & Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB), which rose 3.10% or 3.85 points to trade at 128.00 at the close. Meanwhile, DIeteren SA (BRU:IETB) added 2.10% or 0.660 points to end at 32.140 and Umicore NV (BRU:UMI) was up 1.81% or 0.69 points to 39.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UCB (BRU:UCB), which fell 3.60% or 2.50 points to trade at 67.00 at the close. GDF Suez SA (PARIS:GSZ) declined 2.06% or 0.35 points to end at 16.52 and Elia (BRU:ELI) was down 0.28% or 0.105 points to 37.530.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 112 to 52 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.18% or 2.00 to $1094.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.58% or 0.75 to hit $48.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.21 to trade at $53.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1054, while EUR/GBP fell 0.67% to 0.7078.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.78.