Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 3.97% or 3.040 points to trade at 79.700 at the close. Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) added 3.01% or 0.64 points to end at 21.88 and UCB (BR:UCB) was up 1.90% or 1.20 points to 64.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KBC (BR:KBC), which lost 1.22% or 0.880 points to trade at 71.140 in late trade. Proximus NV (BR:PROX) declined 1.16% or 0.28 points to end at 23.95 and bpost NV (BR:BPOST) shed 1.09% or 0.18 points to 16.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 47 and 19 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.20 to $1319.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.88 to trade at $78.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1976, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.25.