Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were KBC (BR:KBC), which rose 1.58% or 1.040 points to trade at 66.820 at the close. Meanwhile, Umicore NV (BR:UMI) added 1.33% or 0.79 points to end at 60.04 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 1.01% or 0.33 points to 32.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB), which fell 1.67% or 1.80 points to trade at 106.30 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) declined 0.82% or 0.47 points to end at 56.93 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was down 0.58% or 0.28 points to 48.06.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 59 to 57 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.24 to $1256.16 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $51.27 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.09 to trade at $53.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.13.