Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.01% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.71% or 3.300 points to trade at 92.260 at the close. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) added 0.62% or 0.59 points to end at 95.34 and Ackermans V.Haaren (BR:ACKB) was up 0.40% or 0.60 points to 149.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NV Bekaert SA (BR:BEKB), which lost 1.11% or 0.42 points to trade at 37.48 in late trade. Cofinimmo-Sicafi (BR:COFB) declined 1.11% or 1.20 points to end at 106.80 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) shed 0.88% or 0.24 points to 26.92.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 49 and 15 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 6.20 to $1341.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $64.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.15 to trade at $70.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.2272, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 90.16.