Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.99% or 2.790 points to trade at 72.790 at the close. Meanwhile, Sofina (BR:SOF) added 2.44% or 3.05 points to end at 127.85 and Umicore NV (BR:UMI) was up 1.47% or 0.92 points to 63.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ageas (BR:AGES), which fell 1.49% or 0.545 points to trade at 35.980 at the close. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) declined 0.61% or 0.35 points to end at 56.88 and Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (BR:COLR) was down 0.17% or 0.08 points to 47.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 75 to 41 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Umicore NV (BR:UMI) rose to all time highs; up 1.47% or 0.92 to 63.46.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.56% or 7.02 to $1249.48 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.38% or 0.17 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.15 to trade at $47.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1160, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.13.