Investing.com – Belgium equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG), which rose 1.73% or 1.420 points to trade at 83.720 at the close. Argen-X (BR:ARGX) added 1.66% or 1.20 points to end at 73.60 and Umicore SA (BR:UMI) was up 1.56% or 0.77 points to 49.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX), which lost 1.98% or 0.52 points to trade at 25.78 in late trade. Telenet Group (BR:TNET) declined 0.89% or 0.38 points to end at 42.34 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) shed 0.81% or 0.31 points to 37.88.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 45 and 23 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1255.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $73.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.66 to trade at $78.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1727, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.99.