Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Delhaize Group (BRU:DELB), which rose 14.52% or 10.51 points to trade at 82.90 at the close. DIeteren SA (BRU:IETB) added 3.67% or 1.265 points to end at 35.690 and KBC (BRU:KBC) was up 2.63% or 1.490 points to 58.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Belgacom (BRU:BCOM), which lost 1.09% or 0.36 points to trade at 33.02 in late trade. Solvay (BRU:SOLB) declined 1.00% or 1.30 points to end at 129.05 and GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) shed 0.73% or 0.14 points to 18.39.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 74 and 4 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.66% or 7.80 to $1181.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.44% or 0.26 to hit $59.13 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.61 to trade at $65.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1136, while EUR/GBP fell 1.50% to 0.7143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 95.20.